A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ INTEREST OF READING ON ENGLISH TEXT AND TRANSLATION ABILITY TOWARD READING COMPREHENSION AT THE FIFTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017
| Main Authors: | Dian, Probo Astomo, Zainal, Arifin, S.Pd., M.Pd. |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/678/1/Dian%20Probo.pdf http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/678/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Key Words : Students’ Interest, Translation Ability, Reading Comprehension This research is intended to know whether there is correlation between students’ interest of reading on English text and reading comprehension; translation ability and reading comprehension; students’ interest of reading on English text and translation ability toward reading comprehension at the fifth grade students of English department in the state Islamic institute of Surakarta in the academic year of 2016/2017. The design of this research is correlational design. The research was carried out at the state Islamic institute of Surakarta in the academic year of 2016/2017. The population was the fifth semester students of English department. While the sample was 25 students of 5G class taken by cluster random sampling technique. The instruments to collect the data were questionnaire and test. Questionnaire is used to collect the students’ reading interest data while the test is used to collect the translation ability and reading comprehension data. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Person Product Moment formula to find the coefficient correlation and simple linear regression to find the significance and linearity of the variables. The result of the research showed that (1) there is positive correlation between students’ interest of reading on English text (X1) and reading comprehension (Y). The coefficient correlation is higher than r-table (0.7180 > 0.396). (2) There is positive correlation between translation ability (X2) and reading comprehension (Y). The coefficient correlation is higher than r-table (0.6418 > 0.396). (3) There is positive correlation between students’ interest of reading on English text and translation ability toward reading comprehension. The coefficient correlation is higher than r-table (0.9954 > 0.396). The result of the research also showed that the contribution of students’ interest of reading on English text and translation ability toward reading comprehension is 99.08%. Therefore, the researcher concluded that there is positive significant correlation between students’ interest of reading on English text and translation ability toward reading comprehension at the fifth grade students of English department in the state Islamic institute of Surakarta in the academic year of 2016/2017.