THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PROSODIC READING AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
Daftar Isi:
- The aim of this study was to find out the level of prosodic reading, the level of reading comprehension achievement, the correlation between prosodic reading and reading comprehension achievement, and the contribution of prosodic reading to reading comprehension achievement of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University. This quantitative study consisted of 77 students in second semester of English Education Study Program in Sriwijaya University as the sample chosen by using purposive sampling technique. Reading comprehension achievement test and oral reading test were used to collect the data, which were analyzed statistically. Later, Multidimensional Fluency Scale was used to measure the level of students’ prosodic reading. The findings of this study showed that the students’ level of prosodic reading and reading comprehension achievement were moderate and there was a significant correlation between prosodic reading and reading comprehension achievement with the r-obtained (0.538) and p value (0.000). It was also found that prosodic reading contributed 32.4% of reading comprehension achievement. Closer analysis showed that the other 67,6% was explained by other predictors such as students’ difficulties in recognizing the vocabulary contained in the text, their inability to comprehend the sentence structure of the text, and the length of the passage. Moreover, among four features, there were only pace (25.1%) and expression & volume (6.3%) contributed to reading comprehension achievement.