INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION THROUGH READING ONLINE NEWSPAPERS BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS AT THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF IAIN PALANGKA
RAYA
THESIS
Presented to the Department of Language Education of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka
Raya in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan
By
FIKA AYU SUDANI SRN. 1201120832
STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF PALANGKA RAYA FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
MOTTO
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“The order to worship Allah and do not associate any thing with Him, and be good to the parents....”
Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading Online Newspapers by The Third Semester Students at The English Education
Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya
ABSTRACT
Incidental vocabulary acquisition means learners could acquire vocabulary by paying their attention to other things, especially information carried on by the language, and not to learn vocabulary technically. The objectives of the study are (a) To measure the effect of reading online newspapers toward students’ vocabulary acquisition incidentally by the third semester students at the English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya and (b) To describe the third semester students’ attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through reading English texts and online newspapers.
The researcher used quantitative method with quasi-experimental design. The population of the study were the third semester students at the English Education Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya which consist of 45 students. The researcher used clustering sampling in this study and took two classes as control class and experiment class.
Then the researcher used Paired Simple T Test to analyze the data test and
the result showed that (a) there was significant effect of reading online
newspapers toward students’ vocabulary acquisition incidentally with tvalue was
higher than ttable (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ -(3.055)). (b) The third semester students had
positive attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through reading English texts and online newspapers. Because of the mean score were for reading English texts was 3.62-4.00 and for reading online newspapers was 3.46-4.15
Pemerolehan Kosakata Secara Tidak Disengaja Melalui Membaca Koran Elektronik Oleh Mahasiswa Semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Ingris
IAIN Palangka Raya
ABSTRAK
Pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja maksudnya pelajar bisa memperoleh kosakata dengan mereka memperhatikan pada hal yang lain, khususnya informasi yang dibawa oleh bahasa, dan tidak untuk belajar kosakata secara teknis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (a) untuk mengukur pengaruh dari membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara tidak disengaja oleh mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya dan (b) untuk menggambarkan cara berpikir atau perilaku mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya terhadap pembelajaran kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melalui membaca teks Bahasa Inggris dan koran elektronik.
Peneliti menggunakan metode Kuantitatif dengan desain quasi-experiment. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah mashasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya yang terdiri dari 40 mahasiswa. Peneliti menggunaan sampling kluster dalam penelitian ini dan mengambil dua kelas sebagai kelas kontrol dan kelas experimen.
Kemudian peneliti menggunakan Paired Simple T Test untuk menganalisis data test dan hasilnya menunjukakn bahwa (a) ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara tidak disengaja dengan thitung lebih tinggi daripada ttabel (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ -(3.055)). (b) mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya memiliki cara piker atau perilaku yang positif terhadap pembelajaran pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melaui membaca teks bahasa Inggris dan koran elekronik. Karena dari nilai rata-rata adalah untuk membaca teks bahasa Inggris 3.62-4.00 dan untuk membaca koran elektronik 3.46-4.15 tergolong ke sedang (netral) sampai setuju. Disamping itu, mahasiswa juga memberikan cara pikir atau perilaku yang positif saat proses membaca.
Penelitian ini memiliki waktu yang sangat singkat, jadi untuk peneliti selanjutnya seharusnya menyediakan waktu yang lebih lama untuk penelitian mereka, karena dalam hal pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja dan cara pikir atau perilaku siswa, proses adalah yang paling penting.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all, the researcher wishes to express her particular thanks to Allah
SWT. In this right chance, the researcher would like to give greatest thanks to:
1. Dr. Ibnu Elmi A.S Pelu. SH, M.H, as a Rector of State Islamic Institute of
Palangka Raya for his direction and permission of conducting this thesis.
2. Drs. Fahmi, M.Pd, as the Dean of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher
Training the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya (IAIN), for his direction
and encouragement.
3. Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jennah, M. Pd, as the Vice Dean I of Faculty of Teacher
Training Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya, for her
agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing
this thesis.
4. Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the Chair of Department of Language Education, for
her agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this
thesis.
5. M. Zaini Miftah, M.Pd, as the chief of English Education Study Program, for
his permission so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this
thesis.
6. Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the first advisor, for her advice, suggestions,
motivation, and encouragement in conducting research and compiling this
thesis.
7. Aris Sugianto, M.Pd, as the second advisor for his advice, suggestions,
motivation, and encouragement in conducting and compiling this thesis.
8. Last, all of my friends of English Department Students in academic year of
2012/ 2013 who always share, support, and help in conducting research and
Greatest thanks are also addressed to my parents who always support, pray,
suggestions, and their affections sincerely to the researcher’s effort in
accomplishing this study.
The researcher realizes that the study is still far from the perfectness,
therefore some constructive critical and suggestions are welcomed. Finally, may
Allah always blesses us.
Palangka Raya, November, 2016 The Researcher,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
... Page
COVER PAGE ... i
APPROVAL OF THE THESIS ADVISORY COMMITE ... ii
PERSETUJUAN SKRIPSI ... iii
OFFICIAL NOTE ... iv
NOTA DINAS ... v
LEGALIZATION OF THE THESIS EXAMINING COMMITTEE ... vi
DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICATION ... vii
ABSTRACT ... viii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ... xviii
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xix
2. The Importance of Reading ... 26
F. Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition ... 34
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD A. Research Type ... 37
2. Research Instruments Tryout ... 46
F. Research Instruments Reliability ... 46
G. Research Instrument Validity ... 49
H. Data Collection Procedures ... 53
I. Data Analysis ... 54
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE Page
Table 3.1 The Describution of Experiment Research Class ... 39
Table 3.2 The Number of the Third Semester Students ... 40
Table 3.3 Penguin Series of Graded Readers ... 43
Table 3.4 Scoring Rubric ... 43
Table 3.5 Words Level Scale ... 44
Table 3.6 Criteria of Reliability ... 48
Table 3.7 Content Specification of Item Test ... 49
Table 3.8 Coefficient Correlation Interpretation ... 53
Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-Test and Post Test Scores ... 59
Table 4.2 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words through Reading English Texts ... 60
Table 4.3 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words through Reading Online Newspapers ... 62
Table 4.4 Pre-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class ... 65
Table 4.5 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ... 66
Table 4.6 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ... 69
Table 4.7 Post-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class ... 71
Table 4.8 Frequency Distribution of the Post-test ... 73
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURES Page
Figure 3.1 The Students’ Attitudes Position ... 46
Figure 4.1 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class pre-test score ... 67
Figure 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Control Class pre-test score ... 69
Figure 4.3 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class post-test score ... 73
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
IVA : Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition
L1 : First Language
L2 : Second Language
IAIN : Institute Agama Islam Negeri
EFL : English Foreign Language
C : Class C (experiment class)
B : Class B (control class)
Q : Questionnaire
STDEV : Standard Deviation
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 : Research Schedule and Students’ Code Name Appendix 2 : Try Out Results
Appendix 3 : Course Outline and Lesson Plan Appendix 4 : Research Instrument
Appendix 5 : The Students’ Pre-Test & Post Test Scores Appendix 6 : The values of Ttable, X2table, 0-Z table, rtable
CURRICULUM VITAE
Fika Ayu Sudani is the third child and also the first daugther of Mr. Suroto and
Mrs. Leginah. She was born on June 2nd, 1994
in Banyuwangi, East Java. She has three
brothers, two elder brothers and one younger
brother.
She started his study in SDN 1 Sambirejo and
graduated on 2006. She continued her study at
SMPN 1 Cluring and graduated on 2009.
Afterwards, she continued her study at SMAN 1
Gambiran and graduated on 2012.
In 2012, she desired to continue her study to the university level . And finally she
choose English Education Study Program (TBI) as her major and choose STAIN
Palangka Raya as the next place. Finally in the end, she could finish her study on
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