THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING ABILITY AND READING ABILITY OF FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

Main Author: ALIVI, JUSTSINTA SINDI
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2011
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Online Access: http://eprints.umm.ac.id/30960/1/jiptummpp-gdl-s1-2011-justsintas-23764-BAB%2BI.pdf
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  • Comprehension and understanding are essential parts in listening and reading. However, their difference in receiving information from sound on listening and graphic symbol on reading always become interesting topic to be discussed. The objective of this study was to know the correlation between listening ability and reading ability of fourth semester students of English Department at University of Muhammadiyah Malang. This research used correlation study to find the relationship between listening and reading. A quantitative approach was used to analyze the data collected that calculated using Pearson Product Moment computation. The sample of this study was class 4G which consisted of 28 students who were cluster randomly selected from 10 classes of the total population of 284 listening VI students. The instrument of this study consisted of 25 listening test items and 25 reading test items which were taken representatively from TOEFL Paper Based Test (PBT). Based on the result of finding, the mean score of listening test was 57.14 and reading test was 53.29. the statistical method of correlation found that rxy= 0.36. The degree of significance showed that rt 5%= 0.374 and rt 1%= 0.478. Those result showed that there was no significance positive correlation between listening ability and reading ability.