THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS LEARNING INTEREST, STUDENTS STRUCTURE MASTERY, AND STUDENTS READING SKILL (A Correlational Study at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 1 Sukoharjo in the Academic Year 2014/2015) Thesis Submitted to Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University as a Partial Requirement for Getting the Undergraduate Degree in English Education By: SEPTIAN TRI WIJAYANTI FATIMAH K2210078 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY SURAKARTA 2015 i
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MOTTO Indeed, Allah is with the patient. (Qur an, 8: 46) So verily, with the hardship, there is relief. (Qur an, 94: 5) v
DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to: my beloved parents who always support and give me strength, my beloved sister and brother, thanks for the advice and support. vi
ABSTRACT Septian Tri Wijayanti Fatimah. K2210078. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS LEARNING INTEREST, STRUCTURE MASTERY, AND READING SKILL (A CORRELATIONAL STUDY AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 SUKOHARJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015). Thesis, English Education Department. Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. Desember 2015. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a correlation between (1) students learning interest and students reading skill; (2) students structure mastery and students reading skill; and (3) students learning interest, students structure mastery simultaneously, and students reading skill. This research used quantitative method that is correlational study. The study was carried out from February 2014 to December 2015 at SMA N 1 Sukoharjo. The population was all the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Sukoharjo in the academic year of 2014/2015 which consists of eleven classes. The total number of the students are 350 students. The sample were 36 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The instruments in collecting the data were questionnaire and test. The questionnaire was used to collect the data of students learning interest; while the objectives test was used to collect the data of students structure mastery and students reading skill. The techniques which were used to analyze the data were Single and Multiple Regresssion and Correlation. The result of the data analysis shows that: (1) there is a positive correlation between students learning interest and students reading skill; (2) there is a positive correlation between students structure mastery and students reading skill; and (3) there is a positive correlation between students learning interest, students structure mastery simultaneously, and students reading skill. It means that students learning interest and students structure mastery cannot be neglected in improving reading skill. Keywords: correlation, learning interest, structure mastery, reading skill vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Alhamdulillah, all praises just be for Allah SWT, the Merciful Lord, for His blessing to the writer, helping, and giving her health, mercy, strength, guidance, and everything during working and finishing this thesis. The writer received support, advice, and assistance from many people. Thus, she would like to express her grateful to those who give great contribution to the researcher to finish this thesis: 1. The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty. 2. The Head of English Department, Teguh Sarosa, SS., M.Hum 3. Drs. Muh. Asrori, M. Pd, the first consultant for his time, patience, support, correction, guidance, and suggestions. 4. Dr. Ngadiso, M. Pd, the second consultant for his time, patience, support, correction, guidance, and suggestions. 5. All lecturers in English Education Program for the precious knowledge. 6. Her beloved mom and dad, Mulyadi and Istiyani, for their inspiration and support to the writer during the hard times and difficulty in writing this thesis. 7. Her beloved sister and brother, Deasy Prismasari and Ilham Aji Sasongko. 8. All her beloved friends in English Education Program especially class B. 9. Students of class XI MIA 4 and XI MIA 6 for cooperating during the research. The writer gratefully accepts every comment and suggestion because nothing is perfect except Allah SWT and neither is this thesis. However, she hopes that this thesis will be useful to the improvement of the English teaching and learning. Surakarta, June 2016 Septian Tri Wijayanti Fatimah viii
TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE... PRONOUNCEMENT... i ii APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTANTS... iii APPROVAL OF THE THESIS EXAMINERS... MOTTO... DEDICATION... iv v vi ABSTRACT... vii ACKNOWLEDGMENT... viii TABLE OF CONTENT... ix LIST OF TABLE... xii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS... xiii LIST OF FIGURE... xiv LIST OF APPENDICES... xv CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Problem Identification... 2 C. Problem Limitation... 2 D. Problem Statement... 3 E. Objectives of the Study... 3 F. Benefits of the Study... 3 CHAPTER II. THEORITICAL REVIEW A. Review on Reading Skill... 5 1. The Definition of Reading... 5 2. The Definition of Reading Skill... 5 3. Types of Reading... 6 4. Purpose of Reading... 7 ix
5. The Areas of Reading Skill... 8 6. Models of Reading... 9 7. Technique of Reading... 10 8. Microskills and Macroskills of Reading... 14 9. Construct and Indicators of Reading... 16 B. Review on Learning Interest... 16 1. The Definition of Interest... 16 2. The Definition of Learning Interest... 17 3. The Importance of Learning Interest... 18 4. Types of Interest... 19 5. Factors that Affect Interest... 21 6. The Indicators of Interest... 22 7. Construct and Indicators of Learning Interest... 24 C. Review on Structure Mastery... 25 1. Definition of Structure Mastery... 25 2. The Importance of Structure Mastery... 26 3. The Scope of Grammar... 27 4. Material of Structure Mastery... 28 5. Construct of Structure Mastery... 35 D. Rationale... 35 E. Hypothesis... 38 CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. The Place and Time of the Research... 39 B. Methodology of the Research... 39 C. Research Variables... 40 D. Population, Sample, and Sampling... 41 E. The Technique of Collecting Data... 42 F. The Technique of Analyzing Data... 47 G. Hypothesis Test... 50 x
CHAPTER IV. RESULT OF THE STUDY A. Description of the Data... 54 B. The Hypotheses Testing... 61 C. The Discussion... 64 CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion... 68 B. Implication... 68 C. Suggestion... 69 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 71 APPENDICES... 77 xi
LIST OF TABLE Table 4.1. The Data of Learning Interest... 54 Table 4.2. The Frequency Distribution of the Scores of Learning Interest... 55 Table 4.3. The Data of Structure Mastery... 56 Table 4.4. The Frequency Distribution of the Scores of Structure Mastery... 56 Table 4.5. The Data of Reading Skill... 58 Table 4.6. The Frequency Distribution of the Scores of Reading Skill... 58 xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATION SMA N : Sekolah Menengah Atas : Negeri xiii
LIST OF FIGURE Figure 3.1. Diagram of the Relationship between Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Structure Mastery (X 2 ), and Reading Skill (Y)... 41 Figure 4.1. The Histogram of Learning Interest... 55 Figure 4.2. The Polygon of Learning Interest... 55 Figure 4.3. The Histogram of Stucture Mastery... 57 Figure 4.4. The Polygon of Structure Mastery... 57 Figure 4.5. The Histogram of Reading Skill... 59 Figure 4.6. The Polygon of Reading skill... 59 xiv
LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1 List of Students Joining Try Out... 77 Appendix 2 List of Students Joining the Test... 78 Appendix 3 The Blue Print of Learning Interest Try Out Questionnaire (Try Out)... 79 Appendix 4 The Blue Print of Structure Mastery Test (Try Out)... 80 Appendix 5 The Blue Print of Reading Skill Test (Try Out)... 81 Appendix 6 The Questionnaire of Learning Interest (Try Out)... 82 Appendix 7 The Test of Structure Mastery (Try Out)... 85 Appendix 8 The Test of Reading Skill (Try Out)... 94 Appendix 9 The Blueprint of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Take the Data)... 116 Appendix 10 The Blueprint of Structure Mastery Test (Take the Data)... 117 Appendix 11 Appendix 11. The Blueprint of Reading Skill Test (Take the Data)... 118 Appendix 12 The Instrument of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Take the Data)... 119 Appendix 13 The Instrument of Structure Mastery Test (Take the Data)... 121 Appendix 14 The Instrument of Reading Skill Test (Take the Data)... 127 Appendix 15 The Answer Key of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Try Out)... 146 Appendix 16 The Answer Key of Structure Mastery (Try Out)... 147 xv
Appendix 17 The Answer Key of Reading Reading Skill (Try Out)... 148 Appendix 18 The Answer Key of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Take the Data)... 149 Appendix 19 The Answer Key of Structure Mastery Test (Take the Data)... 150 Appendix 20 The Answer Key of Reading Reading Skill Test (Take the Data)... 151 Appendix 21 Student s Worksheet of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Try Out)... 152 Appendix 22 Student s Worksheet of Structure Mastery (Try Out)... 153 Appendix 23 Student s Worksheet of Reading Skill (Try Out)... 154 Appendix 24 Student s Worksheet of Learning Interest Questionnaire (Take the Data)... 155 Appendix 25 Student s Worksheet of Structure Mastery Test (Take the Data)... 156 Appendix 26 Student s Worksheet of Reading Skill Test (Take the Data)... 157 Appendix 27 The Validity and Reliability Questionnaire of Learning Interest Questionnaire (X 1 )... 158 Appendix 28 The Computation of Validity and Reliability Questionnaire of Learning Interest Questionnaire (X 1 )... 163 Appendix 29 The Validity and Reliability Test of Structure Mastery (X 2 )... 164 Appendix 30 The Computation of Validity and Reliability Test of Structure Mastery (X 2 )... 171 xvi
Appendix 31 The Validity and Reliability Test of Reading Skill (Y)... 172 Appendix 32 The Computation of Validity and Reliability Test of Reading Skill (Y)... 183 Appendix 33 Data of Learning Interest Test... 184 Appendix 34 Data of Structure Mastery Test... 185 Appendix 35 Data of Reading Skill Test... 186 Appendix 36 The Computation of Mean, Mode, Median, and Standard Deviation of the Variables... 187 Appendix 37 Normality Questionnaire of Learning Interest (X 1 ) Data... 191 Appendix 38 The Computation of Normality Questionnaire of Learning Interest (X 1 )... 193 Appendix 39 Normality Test of Structure Mastery (X 2 ) Data... 195 Appendix 40 The Computation of Normality Test of Structure Mastery (X 2 )... 197 Appendix 41 Normality Test of Reading Skill (Y) Data... 199 Appendix 42 The Computation of Normality Test of Reading Skill (Y)... 201 Appendix 43 Linearity and Significance of Regression between Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 203 Appendix 44 The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression between Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 206 Appendix 45 Linearity and Significance of Regression between Structure Mastery (X 2 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 208 xvii
Appendix 46 The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression between Structure Mastery (X 2 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 211 Appendix 47 Multiple Linear Regressions of Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Structure Mastery (X 2 ) Simultaneously, and Reading Skill (Y)... 212 Appendix 48 The Computation of Multiple Linear Regressions of Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Structure Mastery (X 2 ) Simultaneously, and Reading Skill (Y)... 215 Appendix 49 The Correlation Coefficient of Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 217 Appendix 50 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 219 Appendix 51 The Correlation Coefficient of Structure Mastery (X 2 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 221 Appendix 52 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of Structure Mastery (X 2 ) and Reading Skill (Y)... 223 Appendix 53 Correlation Coefficient Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Structure Mastery (X 2 ) Simultaneously. and Reading Skill (Y)... 225 Appendix 54 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of Learning Interest (X 1 ) and Structure Mastery (X 2 ) Simultaneously, and Reading Skill (Y)... 228 Appendix 55 r-table... 229 Appendix 56 Standard Normal Distribution Table... 230 xviii
Appendix 57 L Table... 231 Appendix 58 t Table... 232 Appendix 59 F-Table... 233 Appendix 60 Legalizations... 234 xix