<![CDATA[Abstract : Ability to Understand the Content of Exposition Texts of Class VIII Students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga Barat Muna Regency "This study is important to look back at the ability of students whether they have been able to absorb the material to understand the contents of the exposition text or not. The purpose of this study was to describe the ability to understand the contents of the exposition text of eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga, West Muna Regency. This type of research belongs to school research because researchers go directly to the study site (school) to collect data in accordance with the research problem. The population in this study were all eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga, West Muna Regency, which consisted of 51 students, spread in 2 classes. And the sample in this study were all eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga, West Muna Regency. The data collection technique used in this study is a form of written essay test, namely by assigning students to understand the contents of the exposition text that has been read. The results of this study indicate that of the 51 respondents of VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga, West Muna Regency, there were 39 students (76.47%) in the category of being able to individually understand the contents of the exposition text, and as many as 12 students (23.52 %) is not able to understand the contents of the exposition text. Classically, it can be said that the ability to understand the contents of the exposition text of eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Wadaga, West Muna Regency is not yet classically capable. It was said so because the ability of students only reached 76.47% had not yet reached the classical co.Keywords: Ability; Understand; Exposition Text; SMP N 2 Wadaga.   ]]>
