The Relationship between Students? Anxiety and Their English Reading Skill: A Correlational Study at the Tenth Year Students of SMK Negeri 3 Kota Tangerang
| Main Author: | Utami Fauziyah |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah
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Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between students? anxiety and their English reading skill. The method which was used in this study was correlational study. The population of this study was the tenth year students of SMK Negeri 3 Kota Tangerang. There were 119 students chose as the sample by using clustering random sampling. There were two instruments in collecting the data; the first instrument was to measure students? anxiety in learning English as a foreign language, in this case, Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) which was developed by Howirtz; the second instrument was to measure students? reading skill, in this study, reading test was implemented. The data were collected and calculated by using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient and t-test with sig. 5%. Based on the research analysis, it shows that the result of the Product Moment correlation was negative so the hypothesis was reversed. The value of rxy= -0.761, it is lower than r table value in the significance of 5% (rxy = -0.761 < rt(5%) = -0.197). Moreover, based on the calculation of the ttest, it is found that the score of t= -12.64 and it is lower than the score of ttable, which t= -12.64 < ttable(5%),(117) = -1.645). It means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Besides, based on determination coefficient analysis, students? anxiety has 57.9% contribution in the students? English reading skill. Based on the hypothesis testing of Person Product Moment and ttest, it shows that there is negative significant correlation between students? anxiety and their English reading skill at the tenth year students of SMK Negeri 3 Kota Tangerang. Therefore, it was concluded that students with higher anxiety got lower ability in the their English reading skill and vice versa.