The Relationship between Students' Collocation Knowledge and Their Reading Comprehension (A Correlational Study at the Fourth Semester of the Department of English Education of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta)
| Main Author: | Nia Pebriyanti |
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| Other Authors: | Alek, Zaharil Anasy |
| Format: | bachelorThesis |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Jakarta: FITK UIN Jakarta
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/33501 |
Daftar Isi:
- This study aimed to find and describe the relationship between students’ collocation knowledge and their reading comprehension. The population of this study was the fourth semester students of Department of English Education of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta in academic year 2015/2016. There were 46 students from B and C classes selected as the sample of this study. This study used a quantitative method with the correlational study as the research design of study. The instruments used for collecting data were collocation knowledge and reading comprehension tests. Both tests were conducted to measure students’ collocation knowledge and reading comprehension. The data which was collected was calculated by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to see whether there was any significant relationship between the two variables. Based on the research analysis, the relationship between the two variables was found at the 99% level of confidence (p < 0.01) with the value of r xy was 0.474 which was in the medium or moderate level. The value was higher than the value of rt in the significant of 1%, in which 0.474 > 0.376. Moreover, the significance of t contribution revealed that the result was significant with the value of tcount was 3.571. The value was higher than the value of ttable at the level of significance 0.01, in which 3.571 > 2.692. Hence, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. In conclusion, there was a significant correlation between students’ collocation knowledge and their reading comprehension at the fourth semester of the Department of English Education of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University of Jakarta in academic year 2015/2016.