By FIKA AYU SUDANI SRN. 1201120832 STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF PALANGKA RAYA FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM 1438 H2016 M

INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION THROUGH READING
ONLINE NEWSPAPERS BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS AT
THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF IAIN PALANGKA
RAYA

THESIS

Presented to the Department of Language Education of the Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka
Raya in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

By
FIKA AYU SUDANI
SRN. 1201120832

STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF PALANGKA RAYA
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
1438 H/2016 M


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“The order to worship Allah and do not associate any thing with Him, and be
good to the parents....”
(Q.S An-Nisa (4): 36)

Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading Online
Newspapers by The Third Semester Students at The English Education
Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya
ABSTRACT

Incidental vocabulary acquisition means learners could acquire vocabulary
by paying their attention to other things, especially information carried on by the

language, and not to learn vocabulary technically. The objectives of the study are
(a) To measure the effect of reading online newspapers toward students’
vocabulary acquisition incidentally by the third semester students at the English
education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya and (b) To describe the third
semester students’ attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN
Palangka Raya towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through
reading English texts and online newspapers.
The researcher used quantitative method with quasi-experimental design.
The population of the study were the third semester students at the English
Education Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya which consist of 45 students.
The researcher used clustering sampling in this study and took two classes as
control class and experiment class.
Then the researcher used Paired Simple T Test to analyze the data test and
the result showed that (a) there was significant effect of reading online
newspapers toward students’ vocabulary acquisition incidentally with tvalue was
higher than ttable (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ -(3.055)). (b) The third semester students had
positive attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya
towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through reading
English texts and online newspapers. Because of the mean score were for reading
English texts was 3.62-4.00 and for reading online newspapers was 3.46-4.15

classified into moderately agree to agree. Beside that, the students give positive
atitudes while reading process.
This study has the limited time, so for the future researcher should be
conduct the longer time in their research, because in the term of incidental
vocabulary acquisition and the students’ attitudes, the process is the important
one.
Key Words: Incidental Vocabulary, Vocabulary Acquisition, Incidental
Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading, Online newspaper.

Pemerolehan Kosakata Secara Tidak Disengaja Melalui Membaca
Koran Elektronik Oleh Mahasiswa Semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Ingris
IAIN Palangka Raya
ABSTRAK

Pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja maksudnya pelajar bisa
memperoleh kosakata dengan mereka memperhatikan pada hal yang lain,
khususnya informasi yang dibawa oleh bahasa, dan tidak untuk belajar kosakata
secara teknis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (a) untuk mengukur pengaruh dari
membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara
tidak disengaja oleh mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN

Palangka Raya dan (b) untuk menggambarkan cara berpikir atau perilaku
mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya terhadap
pembelajaran kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melalui
membaca teks Bahasa Inggris dan koran elektronik.
Peneliti menggunakan metode Kuantitatif dengan desain quasi-experiment.
Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah mashasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa
Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya yang terdiri dari 40 mahasiswa. Peneliti menggunaan
sampling kluster dalam penelitian ini dan mengambil dua kelas sebagai kelas
kontrol dan kelas experimen.
Kemudian peneliti menggunakan Paired Simple T Test untuk menganalisis
data test dan hasilnya menunjukakn bahwa (a) ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari
membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara
tidak disengaja dengan thitung lebih tinggi daripada ttabel (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ (3.055)). (b) mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka
Raya memiliki cara piker atau perilaku yang positif terhadap pembelajaran
pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melaui
membaca teks bahasa Inggris dan koran elekronik. Karena dari nilai rata-rata
adalah untuk membaca teks bahasa Inggris 3.62-4.00 dan untuk membaca koran
elektronik 3.46-4.15 tergolong ke sedang (netral) sampai setuju. Disamping itu,
mahasiswa juga memberikan cara pikir atau perilaku yang positif saat proses
membaca.

Penelitian ini memiliki waktu yang sangat singkat, jadi untuk peneliti
selanjutnya seharusnya menyediakan waktu yang lebih lama untuk penelitian
mereka, karena dalam hal pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja dan cara
pikir atau perilaku siswa, proses adalah yang paling penting.

Key Words: Incidental Vocabulary, Vocabulary Acquisition, Incidental
Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading, Online newspaper.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all, the researcher wishes to express her particular thanks to Allah
SWT. In this right chance, the researcher would like to give greatest thanks to:
1.

Dr. Ibnu Elmi A.S Pelu. SH, M.H, as a Rector of State Islamic Institute of
Palangka Raya for his direction and permission of conducting this thesis.

2.

Drs. Fahmi, M.Pd, as the Dean of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher
Training the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya (IAIN), for his direction

and encouragement.

3.

Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jennah, M. Pd, as the Vice Dean I of Faculty of Teacher
Training Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya, for her
agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing
this thesis.

4.

Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the Chair of Department of Language Education, for
her agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this
thesis.

5.

M. Zaini Miftah, M.Pd, as the chief of English Education Study Program, for
his permission so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this
thesis.


6.

Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the first advisor, for her advice, suggestions,
motivation, and encouragement in conducting research and compiling this
thesis.

7.

Aris Sugianto, M.Pd, as the second advisor for his advice, suggestions,
motivation, and encouragement in conducting and compiling this thesis.

8.

Last, all of my friends of English Department Students in academic year of
2012/ 2013 who always share, support, and help in conducting research and
also the third semester students.

Greatest thanks are also addressed to my parents who always support, pray,
suggestions, and their affections sincerely to the researcher’s effort in

accomplishing this study.
The researcher realizes that the study is still far from the perfectness,
therefore some constructive critical and suggestions are welcomed. Finally, may
Allah always blesses us.

Palangka Raya,

November, 2016

The Researcher,

FIKA AYU SUDANI
SRN.1201120832

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER PAGE ................................................................................................
APPROVAL OF THE THESIS ADVISORY COMMITE ..............................
PERSETUJUAN SKRIPSI ..............................................................................

OFFICIAL NOTE ............................................................................................
NOTA DINAS .................................................................................................
LEGALIZATION OF THE THESIS EXAMINING COMMITTEE ..............
DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICATION ...................................................
ABSTRACT .....................................................................................................
ABSTRAK .......................................................................................................
MOTTO ..........................................................................................................
ACKNOWLEDMENTS ..................................................................................
DEDICATION .................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................
LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..........................................................................
LIST OF APPENDICES ..................................................................................
CHAPTER I:

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INTRODUCTION
A. Background of Study .....................................................
B. Problems of Study..........................................................
C. Objectives of the Study ..................................................
D. Significances of the Study .............................................
E. Variables of the Study ..................................................

F. Hypotheses of the Study ...............................................
G. Definition of Key Terms ...............................................
H. Scope and Limitation of the Study ...............................
I. Assumption of the Study ...............................................
J. Frame of Discussion ......................................................

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CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Previous Studies.............................................................
B. Attitude ..........................................................................
C. Vocabulary .....................................................................
1. Nature of Vocabulary ...............................................
2. Kinds of Vocabulary ................................................
3. The Importance of Vocabulary ................................
4. Vocabulary Strategy.................................................
5. Vocabulary Assessment ...........................................
D. Reading ..........................................................................
1. Nature of Reading ....................................................

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2. The Importance of Reading .....................................
E. Newspaper .....................................................................
1. Definition of Newspaper ..........................................
2. The Importance of Using Newspapers in the
Classroom ................................................................
3. Access to Newspapers .............................................
F. Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition ................................

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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD
A. Research Type ...............................................................
B. Research Design ............................................................
C. Population and Sample ..................................................
D. Time and Place ..............................................................
E. Research Instruments .....................................................
1. Research Instruments ...............................................
a. Test....................................................................
b. Questionnaire ....................................................
2. Research Instruments Tryout ...................................
F. Research Instruments Reliability ...................................
G. Research Instrument Validity ........................................
H. Data Collection Procedures ...........................................
I. Data Analysis .................................................................

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CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Description of the Data ..................................................
B. Result of data Analysis ..................................................
C. Discussion ......................................................................

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CHAPTER V:

CLOSING
A. Conclusion .....................................................................
B. Suggestion......................................................................

REFERENCES
APPENDICES
LATTERS
CURRICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE

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Table 3.1 The Describution of Experiment Research Class ......................................

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Table 3.2 The Number of the Third Semester Students ..............................................

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Table 3.3 Penguin Series of Graded Readers ..............................................................

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Table 3.4 Scoring Rubric ............................................................................................

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Table 3.5 Words Level Scale ......................................................................................

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Table 3.6 Criteria of Reliability ..................................................................................

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Table 3.7 Content Specification of Item Test .............................................................

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Table 3.8 Coefficient Correlation Interpretation.........................................................

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Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-Test and Post Test Scores ..............................................

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Table 4.2 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words
through Reading English Texts ...................................................................................

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Table 4.3 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words
through Reading Online Newspapers .........................................................................

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Table 4.4 Pre-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class ....................................

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Table 4.5 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ........................................................

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Table 4.6 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ........................................................

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Table 4.7 Post-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class ...................................

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Table 4.8 Frequency Distribution of the Post-test ......................................................

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Table 4.9 Frequency Distribution of the Post-test ......................................................

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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURES

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Figure 3.1 The Students’ Attitudes Position ...............................................................

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Figure 4.1 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class pre-test score ...............

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Figure 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Control Class pre-test score .....................

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Figure 4.3 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class post-test score .............

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Figure 4.4 The Frequency Distribution of Control Class post-test score ....................

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

IVA

: Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition

L1

: First Language

L2

: Second Language

IAIN

: Institute Agama Islam Negeri

EFL

: English Foreign Language

C

: Class C (experiment class)

B

: Class B (control class)

Q

: Questionnaire

STDEV

: Standard Deviation

DP

: Discrimination Power

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1

: Research Schedule and Students’ Code Name

Appendix 2

: Try Out Results

Appendix 3

: Course Outline and Lesson Plan

Appendix 4

: Research Instrument

Appendix 5

: The Students’ Pre-Test & Post Test Scores

Appendix 6

: The values of Ttable, X2 table, 0-Z table, rtable

Appendix 7

: Documentation (present list & pictures)

Appendix 8

: Permission Letters

CURRICULUM VITAE
Fika Ayu Sudani is the third child and also the first daugther of Mr. Suroto and
Mrs. Leginah. She was born on June 2nd, 1994
in Banyuwangi, East Java. She has three
brothers, two elder brothers and one younger
brother.
She started his study in SDN 1 Sambirejo and
graduated on 2006. She continued her study at
SMPN 1 Cluring and graduated on 2009.
Afterwards, she continued her study at SMAN 1
Gambiran and graduated on 2012.
In 2012, she desired to continue her study to the university level . And finally she
choose English Education Study Program (TBI) as her major and choose STAIN
Palangka Raya as the next place. Finally in the end, she could finish her study on
November, 2016.

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