The Relevant Study Literature Review

other words, if the students had mastered the English Grammar they will ease to use language and it seemed that by mastering English Grammar wouldn’t be confusing anymore for them to understand English language usage, in this case reading comprehension. Based on Larry Lewin, reading comprehension is an activity which is so complex due to the mind which works so hard to understand the written language while the eyes which move smoothly over the printed words. 23 It showed that reading comprehension is not an easy job; the reader has to work hard to understand what they are reading. It cannot be done without the ability of the readers in reading. The problems that the students often face in reading comprehension are the unknown words. In fact, beside the vocabulary knowledge of the students, their grammar knowledge is also having a big impact in their successful in getting the goal of reading activities. In understanding a text containing many combined words, the readers should have knowledge about the sentence structure how the words put into the text for helping them understanding the message of the text completely or getting the writer’s messages accurately. A student can be said as a good language student if he can communicate with their partner well without finding any confusing utterances. The well communication in English showed that they have mastered the English Grammar. As the topic of the study, is to find out whether or not there is a significant c orrelation between the students’ grammar mastery and their reading comprehension. Therefore, it is conducted to find out the possible correlation between two variables through correlational statistics. 23 Lewin, loc. cit.

F. Research Hypotheses

Based on the literature review and the theoretical framework above, the hypothesis is formulated as follows: H = There is no correlation between the students’ grammar mastery and their reading comprehension at the 6 th semester of Department of English Education of State Islamic University Jakarta on academic year 2015- 2016. H a = There is correlation between the students’ grammar mastery and their reading comprehension at the 6 th semester of Department of English Education of State Islamic University Jakarta on academic year 2015- 2016. 21

CHAPTER III Research Methodology

A. Place and Time of the Research

This research was conducted at Department of English Education of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, which is located at Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 95, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, 15412. The research started on odd semester in academic year 2015-2016 from May up to November 2016.

B. Research Design

In this research, the researcher used quantitative method through correlational research. Correlational research or ex post facto research focuses on the connection between variables as they take place in natural setting. 1 In addition, correlational research is used to find out whether there is a significant correlation between one variable to another variable. Correlational design is also a procedure in quantitative research in which investigators measure the degree of association or relation between two or more variables using the statistical procedure of correlation analysis. In this research, there are two varia bles, the students’ grammar mastery which is independent variable and the students’ reading comprehension which is dependent variable.

C. Population and Sample

The population of this research was the 6 th semester students of Department of English Education of State Islamic University Syarif 1 William Wiersma Stephen G. Jurs, Research Methods in Education: An Introduction, USA: Pearson, 2009, p. 190.