CORRELATION BETWEEN PARENTS’ BACKGROUND AND THE ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT OF
THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS AT SMAN 2 PROBOLINGGO
THESIS
By:
KURNIA DWI PERWITASARI 06360003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
on May 13, 2011.
Approved by:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Drs. H. Fauzan, M.Pd
Examiners: Signatures:
1. Dr. Masduki, M.Pd 1. ………..
2. Rina Wahyu S, M.Ed 2. ………..
3. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si 3. ……….. 4. Fardini Sabilah, S.Pd, M.Pd 4. ………..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer would like to thanks to Allah SWT for his guidance, blessing, and affection so she can finish this thesis.
The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si, her first advisor and Fardini Sabilah, S.Pd, M.Pd, her second advisor, for their suggestions, advice, motivation, and giving ideas during the completion of this thesis.
Her sincere gratitude and appreciation are also extended to the headmaster, teacher, and also students of SMAN 2 Probolinggo who had given chance to conduct this research.
Special thanks go to her beloved father (Bambang Sukowitono, BA), mother (Rahayu Kismawati), sister (Windya Kristina Wardani, SE), and her “mine” (Puguh Tri Waluyo, SE) to give support, motivation, and pray.
Finally, the writer also say thanks for her friends in English Department ’06 (Chaky, Metha, Dudun, and all of her friends who can not be mentioned one by one), her bestfriends “Teletubies” (Mentul, Bonit, and Kunir) and “Upin Ipin” (Dendeng and Sulton) and also her friends in Wisma Orchid, thanks for their support and motivation.
Malang, May 13, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENT
Approval ……… i
Legalization ………... ii
Motto and Dedication ……… iii
Abstract ………. iv
Acknowledgement ……… v
List of Table ………. vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ……….. 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ……… 3
1.3 Objective of the Study ……….. 3
1.4 Hypothesis ………. 4
1.5 Importance of the Study ……… 4
1.6 Scope and Limitation ………. 5
1.7 Definition of Key Term ………. 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Family, Parents, and Achievement ………. 7
2.1.1 Parents’ Education ……….. 7
2.1.2 Parents’ Job ………. 8
2.1.3 Parents’ Social Economic Status ……… 8
2.2 Factors Influence Learning ………. 8
2.2.1 Personal Factors ………..……… 9
2.2.2 Environmental Factors ……….……….. 12
2.3 English Achievement ……….……… 13
2.4 Achievement Score ……….………... 15
2.4.1 Understanding of Achievement Score ……….. 15
2.4.2 Form of Achievement Score ………. 15
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research Design ………. 17
3.2.1 Population ………. 18 3.2.2 Sample ………... 19 3.3 Data Collection ……….. 19 3.3.1Achievement Test ………... 20 3.3.2 Questionnaire ……….……… 20 3.4 Data Collection ……….…….. 21 3.5 Data Analysis ……….………. 21 3.5.1 Descriptive Analysis ………. 21
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ………. 26
4.1.1 Description of Parents’ Education Level ……… 26
4.1.2 Description of Parents’ Job ……….. 31
4.1.3 Description of Parents’ Social Economic Status…………. 34
4.2 Discussions ……….….. 40
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 5.1 Conclusions ……….. 42
5.2 Suggestions ……….. 43 REFERENCES
APPENDIX 2
No. Nama Siswa Nilai
1 FD 85.5 2 FK 78 3 DAS 76.5 4 SSH 84.5 5 PA 88 6 KN 75 7 AP 89 8 ZM 92 9 WT 86 10 KKR 85 11 YR 87 12 RS 90.5 13 APP 82.5 14 CC 76.5 15 DA 81 16 HM 83 17 WA 77.5 18 SN 81 19 MY 89 20 FAL 84.5 21 SP 90.5 22 SN 86 23 NI 78 24 AA 76.5 25 DF 75 26 AR 76.5 27 RO 87 28 BL 85 29 HS 88 30 DA 83 31 IR 92 32 MP 85 33 DAY 81 34 FH 82.5
APPENDIX 3 Questionnaire
I. Tingkat Pendidikan Orang Tua A. Ayah
1. Pendidikan formal terakhir: a. Perguruan Tinggi b. Tamat SMA/Sederajat c. Tamat SMP
d. Tamat SD
e. Lainnya: ………..
2. Hasil dari pendidikan non-formal (kursus Bahasa Inggris): a. Sangat Memuaskan b. Memuaskan c. Cukup d. Kurang e. Lainnya: ……….. B. Ibu
1. Pendidikan formal terakhir: a. Perguruan Tinggi b. Tamat SMA/Sederajat c. Tamat SMP/Sederajat d. Tamat SD
e. Lainnya: ………..
2. Hasil dari pendidikan non-formal (kursus Bahasa Inggris): a. Sangat Memuaskan
b. Memuaskan c. Cukup d. Kurang
II. Pekerjaan Orang Tua A. Ayah
1. Pekerjaan Ayah:
a. Pegawai Negeri (PNS): guru, tentara, polisi, dll b. Pegawai Swasta: karyawan, buruh pabrik, dll c. Wiraswasta : pedagang,petani, dll
d. Tidak Bekerja
e. Lainnya: ……….
2. Kesesuaian pekerjaan dengan pendidikan yang telah diperoleh: a. Sangat Sesuai b. Cukup Sesuai c. Kurang Sesuai d. Tidak Sesuai e. Lainnya: ……….. B. Ibu 1. Pekerjaan Ibu :
a. Pegawai Negeri (PNS): guru, tentara, polisi, dll b. Pegawai Swasta: karyawan, buruh pabrik, dll c. Wiraswasta : pedagang,petani, dll
d. Tidak Bekerja
e. Lainnya: ……….
2. Kesesuaian pekerjaan dengan pendidikan yang telah diperoleh: a. Sangat Sesuai
b. Cukup Sesuai c. Kurang Sesuai d. Tidak Sesuai
e. Lainnya: ……….. III. Sosial-Ekonomi Status Orang Tua
1. Rata-rata penghasilan pokok orang tua: a. Sangat Tinggi (>UMK)
b. Tinggi (=UMK) c. Cukup (<UMK)
d. Kurang (<Rp. 300.000,00) e. Lainnya: ……..….
2. Rata-rata penghasilan tambahan orang tua: a. Sangat Tinggi (>Rp 1.000.000,00) b. Tinggi (>Rp. 500.000,00)
c. Cukup (Antara Rp. 250.000-Rp. 500.000,00) d. Kurang (Kurang dari Rp. 250.000)
e. Lainnya: ……….
3. Pengeluaran untuk pendidikan anak (SPP, transportasi, pembelian buku, dan peralatan sekolah lainnya) setiap bulan:
a. Sangat Tinggi (Lebih dari Rp.300.000,00) b. Tinggi (Antara Rp.200.000,00-Rp.300.000,00) c. Cukup (Antara Rp.100.000,00-Rp.200.000,00) d. Kurang (Kurang dari Rp.100.000,00)
e. Lainnya: ………..
4. Berapa kali dalam seminggu putra/putri Anda mengikuti les? a. Sangat Baik (Lebih dari 3 kali)
b. Baik (Antara 2 sampai 3 kali) c. Cukup Baik (Antara 1 sampai 2 kali) d. Tidak pernah, karena tidak ikut les e. Lainnya: ………
5. Kegiatan “sharing” dengan anak masalah pendidikan: a. Sangat Sering (Setiap hari)
b. Sering (Lebih dari 3x seminggu) c. Jarang (Kurang dari 3x semingggu) d. Tidak Pernah
APPENDIX 4 The Data of the Research
N S (Y) Score of questionnaire FEL (X1) MEL (X1) FJ (X2) MJ (X2) SESP (X3) 1 85.5 3 5 6 6 16 2 78 3 3 6 6 16 3 76.5 5 5 6 5 14 4 84.5 4 4 7 5 18 5 88 4 8 6 6 18 6 75 2 2 2 4 7 7 89 7 7 6 6 14 8 92 2 1 2 2 12 9 86 5 5 6 5 18 10 85 3 3 6 4 14 11 87 3 3 5 2 15 12 90.5 8 8 8 8 20 13 82.5 4 5 4 3 9 14 76.5 4 4 6 6 16 15 81 4 6 5 4 14 16 83 6 6 7 8 16 17 77.5 4 4 6 6 15 18 81 4 3 8 5 15 19 89 5 5 6 6 17 20 84.5 4 4 7 5 18 21 90.5 8 8 7 7 20 22 86 6 5 7 4 18 23 78 3 3 5 5 14
Continued: N S (Y) Score of questionnaire FEL (X1) MEL (X1) FJ (X2) MJ (X2) SESP (X3) 24 76.5 4 4 7 6 15 25 75 2 2 2 2 7 26 76.5 5 5 6 5 13 27 87 7 3 7 5 16 28 85 4 3 7 5 16 29 88 4 8 7 7 18 30 83 4 6 5 4 14 31 92 6 5 7 7 20 32 85 3 4 5 6 16 33 81 4 4 7 5 15 34 82.5 5 5 5 5 14 Total 149 156 199 175 518 X1= 305 X2= 374 X3= 518
APPENDIX 5
The Correlation between Parents’ Education Level and the Students’ English Achievement. N X1 Y (X1)2 Y2 (X1)2. Y2 1 8 85.5 64 7310 467856 2 6 78 36 6084 219024 3 10 76.5 100 5852 585225 4 8 84.5 64 7140 456976 5 12 88 144 7744 1115136 6 4 75 16 5625 90000 7 14 89 196 7921 1552516 8 3 92 9 8464 76176 9 10 86 100 7396 739600 10 6 85 36 7225 260100 11 6 87 36 7569 272484 12 16 90.5 256 8190 2096704 13 9 82.5 81 6806 551306.3 14 8 76.5 64 5852 374544 15 10 81 100 6561 656100 16 12 83 144 6889 992016 17 8 77.5 64 6006 384400 18 7 81 49 6561 321489 19 10 89 100 7921 792100 20 8 84.5 64 7140 456976 21 16 90.5 256 8190 2096704 22 11 86 121 7396 894916 23 6 78 36 6084 219024 24 8 76.5 64 5852 374544
Continued: N X1 Y (X1)2 Y2 (X1)2. Y2 25 4 75 16 5625 90000 26 10 76.5 100 5852 585225 27 10 87 100 7569 756900 28 7 85 49 7225 354025 29 12 88 144 7744 1115136 30 10 83 100 6889 688900 31 11 92 121 8464 1024144 32 7 85 49 7225 354025 33 8 81 64 6561 419904 34 10 82.5 100 6806 680625
APPENDIX 6
The Correlation between Parents’ Job and the Students’ English Achievement. N X2 Y (X2)2 Y2 (X2)2. Y2 1 12 85.5 144 7310 1052676 2 12 78 144 6084 876096 3 11 76.5 121 5852 708122 4 12 84.5 144 7140 1028196 5 12 88 144 7744 1115136 6 6 75 36 5625 202500 7 12 89 144 7921 1140624 8 4 92 16 8464 135424 9 11 86 121 7396 894916 10 10 85 100 7225 722500 11 7 87 49 7569 370881 12 16 90.5 256 8190 2096704 13 7 82.5 49 6806 333506 14 12 76.5 144 5852 842724 15 9 81 81 6561 531441 16 15 83 225 6889 1550025 17 12 77.5 144 6006 864900 18 13 81 169 6561 1108809 19 12 89 144 7921 1140624 20 12 84.5 144 7140 1028196 21 14 90.5 196 8190 1605289 22 11 86 121 7396 894916 23 10 78 100 6084 608400 24 13 76.5 169 5852 989030
Continued N X2 Y (X2)2 Y2 (X2)2. Y2 25 4 75 16 5625 90000 26 11 76.5 121 5852 708122 27 12 87 144 7569 1089936 28 12 85 144 7225 1040400 29 14 88 196 7744 1517824 30 9 83 81 6889 558009 31 14 92 196 8464 1658944 32 11 85 121 7225 874225 33 12 81 144 6561 944784 34 10 82.5 100 6806 680625
APPENDIX 7
The Correlation between Parents’ Social Economic Status and the Students’ English Achievement.
N X3 Y (X3)2 Y2 (X3)2. Y2 1 16 85.5 256 7310 116964 2 16 78 256 6084 97344 3 14 76.5 196 5852 81932 4 18 84.5 324 7140 128525 5 18 88 324 7744 139392 6 7 75 49 5625 39375 7 14 89 196 7921 110894 8 12 92 144 8464 101568 9 18 86 324 7396 133128 10 14 85 196 7225 101150 11 15 87 225 7569 113535 12 20 90.5 400 8190 163805 13 9 82.5 81 6806 61256 14 16 76.5 256 5852 93636 15 14 81 196 6561 91854 16 16 83 256 6889 110224 17 15 77.5 225 6006 90094 18 15 81 225 6561 98415 19 17 89 289 7921 134657 20 18 84.5 324 7140 128525 21 20 90.5 400 8190 163805 22 18 86 324 7396 133128 23 14 78 196 6084 85176 24 15 76.5 225 5852 87784
Continued: N X3 Y (X3)2 Y2 (X3)2. Y2 25 7 75 49 5625 39375 26 13 76.5 169 5852 76079 27 16 87 256 7569 121104 28 16 85 256 7225 115600 29 18 88 324 7744 139392 30 14 83 196 6889 96446 31 20 92 400 8464 169280 32 16 85 256 7225 115600 33 15 81 225 6561 98415 34 14 82.5 196 6806 95288
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