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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

Based on the research findings, the writer concludes that the null hypothesis Ho is accepted and the alternative hypothesis Ha is rejected. It can be seen from the result of r is 0.04, meanwhile the result from r table in 5 significance level is 0.312. Thus, r xy is lower than r table or it can be stated that r xy r table : 0.045 0.312. The result means that there is no significant relationship between students’ anxiety and their English descriptive reading comprehension at the eighth grade students of SMP Islamiyah Ciputat in the academic year 20142015. The conclusion shows that the higher students’ anxiety does not guarantee the lower students’ English descriptive reading comprehension.

B. Suggestion

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