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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
v MOTTO
“Indeed, Allah is with the patient.” (Qur’an, 8: 46)
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
my beloved parents who always support and give me strength,
vii 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.
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
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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE ... i
PRONOUNCEMENT ... ii
APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTANTS ... iii
APPROVAL OF THE THESIS EXAMINERS ... iv
MOTTO ... v
DEDICATION ... 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
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
xi 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
LIST OF TABLE
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LIST OF ABBREVIATION
SMA : Sekolah Menengah Atas
LIST OF FIGURE
Figure 3.1. Diagram of the Relationship between Learning Interest (X1) and Structure Mastery (X2),
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
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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 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 (X1) ... 158 Appendix 28 The Computation of Validity and Reliability Questionnaire
of Learning Interest Questionnaire (X1) ... 163 Appendix 29 The Validity and Reliability Test
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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 (X1) Data ... 191
Appendix 38 The Computation of Normality Questionnaire of Learning Interest (X1) ... 193
Appendix 39 Normality Test of Structure Mastery (X2) Data ... 195
Appendix 40 The Computation of Normality Test of Structure Mastery (X2) ... 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 (X1) and Reading Skill (Y) ... 203
Appendix 44 The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression between Learning Interest (X1) and Reading Skill (Y) ... 206
Appendix 46 The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression between Structure Mastery (X2)
and Reading Skill (Y) ... 211 Appendix 47 Multiple Linear Regressions of Learning Interest (X1)
and Structure Mastery (X2) Simultaneously,
and Reading Skill (Y) ... 212 Appendix 48 The Computation of Multiple Linear Regressions
of Learning Interest (X1) and Structure Mastery (X2)
Simultaneously, and Reading Skill (Y) ... 215 Appendix 49 The Correlation Coefficient of Learning Interest (X1)
and Reading Skill (Y) ... 217 Appendix 50 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of
Learning Interest (X1) and Reading Skill (Y) ... 219 Appendix 51 The Correlation Coefficient of Structure Mastery (X2)
and Reading Skill (Y) ... 221 Appendix 52 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of
Structure Mastery (X2) and Reading Skill (Y) ... 223 Appendix 53 Correlation Coefficient Learning Interest (X1)
and Structure Mastery (X2) Simultaneously.
and Reading Skill (Y) ... 225 Appendix 54 The Computation of Correlation Coefficient of
Learning Interest (X1) and Structure Mastery (X2)
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Appendix 57 L Table ... 231
Appendix 58 t Table ... 232
Appendix 59 F-Table ... 233
