A CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING INTEREST OF
ENGLISH BOOK AND WRITING ABILITY
( A Descriptive Study on the third Semester Students of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto Academic Year 2013 – 2014 )
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department
as a Partial Fulfillments of Requirement for S. Pd Degree
By:
Muhammad Abdu Sabur Wicaksono
0901050127
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
Motto
“
I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More
important that, I feel an endless needs to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only
please the parents and the friends, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my
conviction that there are no limits to learn, and that it can never stop, no matter
what our age.
”
―
Cristiano Ronaldo
“
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
”
― Albert Einstein
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is
the courage to continue that
DEDICATION
From the deepest and purest of my heart, I would like to present this
little creation to:
My beloved parents, especially my mother Purwanti that has given me
courage, spirit and always blessing me in my every step, and always
support me. Thank you so much.
My little brother Muhammad Tegar Bahariwan thanks for your support
and happiness.
All of lecturers of English Departement of teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
My best comrades of English Department Students, Wahyu Megantoro,
Syaefudin Bakhri, Triana Permadi Bayu Aji that supported and helped me
in every situation. I will never forget you all.
All of friends in English Department 2009, you are the best.
PREFACE
First of all, the researcher would like to thank to God who has guidance,
merciful and his permission, so that he can finish writing his thesis as partial
fulfillment to get S. Pd degree.
In this occasion, the researcher would like to thank deeply to:
1. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
2. Drs. Pudiyono, M Hum, the Head of English Depertment of Teacher Training
and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
3. Drs. Arif Hertanto, M. Pd, as the first supervisor and Luthfi Istikharoh, M. Pd,
as the second supervisor who gave guidance, advice, support and suggestion.
4. Ikro Suryawan, M. Pd, Feisal Azies, S. Pd, Meilina Haris Mayekti, M. Pd, the
writing lecturers of third semester students who gave permission to do the
research.
5. All the third semester students of English Department of Muhammadiyah
University of Purwokerto who participated this study.
6. The researcher’s parents, sister, brother, and all of friends who gave help and
support to finish this thesis.
The researcher believes that there are many weaknesses in this thesis, so
is hoped the thesis will be useful for anyone, especially the students of
Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
Purwokerto, February 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Appendices ... xv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
4. Features of Effective Writing ... 13
5. Technique for Teaching Writing in Classroom ... 16
B. Interest 1. Definition of Interest ... 19
2. The Importance of Interest ... 20
3. Kinds of Interest ... 21
4. Factors influencing Interest ... 24
C. Reading Interest ... 24
D. Correlation Between Reading interest and Writing Ability ... 27
E. Previous Research in Reading and Writing Ability ... 28
F. Hypothesis ... 30
D. Population of the Research... 33
E. Sample of Research ... 33
F. Sampling Technique... 34
G. Research Variable ... 34
H. Research Hypothesis ... 35
I. Technique of Data Collection ... 35
J. Data Validation ... 36
1. Test Validity ... 37
2. Reliability ... 38
K. Data Analysis ... 38
CHAPTER IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION ... 41
A. Result of the study ... 41
1. Try Out Test ... 41
2. Writing Test Result ... 44
B. Discussion ... 61
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 71
B. Suggestion ... 72
BIBLIOGHRAPHY
ABSTRACT
A Correlation between Student’s Reading Interest of English Book and
Writing Ability
Departement of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah university of Purwokerto in academic year 2013/2014.
The research method was Correlation study. The writer used random sampling to get the sample. The technique of collecting the data was taken from
Writing Test, and students’ reading interest questionnaire. After the data collected, the writing test and questionnaire result was analyzed by Pearson product moment correlation formula, and then made conclusion.
The result of this study showed that there was a correlation between
students’ writing ability and reading English interest. The student’ ability of
LIST OF TABLES
Page
Table 3.1 : Table of Time Schedule ... 32
Table 3.2 : Table of Indicator of Questionnaire ... 36
Table 4.1 : Table of Students’ Writing Ability Score ... 45
Table 4.2 : Table of Result of Questionnaire ... 48
LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 4.1 : Chart of Students’ Writing Ability……… . 46
Figure 4.2 : Chart of Percentage of Students’ Writing Ability ... 47
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 : Name of Respondent
Appendix 2 : Students’ Writing Performance
Appendix 3 : Students’ Reading English Book Interest Performance
Appendix 4 : Table Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Appendix 5 : Result of Validity and Reliability Computation
Appendix 6 : Students’ Individual Mastery
Appendix 7 : Instrument of Research
