Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery, Reading Attitudes, and Reading Comprehension of the Second Semester Students of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University in the Academic Year of 2016/2017 -

  

Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery, Reading Attitudes, and Reading

Comprehension of the Second Semester Students of English Education

Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret

University in the Academic Year of 2016/2017

  

THESIS

  Written to Fulfill the Requirements for Undergraduate Degree in English Education Department

  By:

  

ANUGERAH SUTAHAYU

K2210008

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

SURAKARTA

2017

  

PRONOUNCEMENT

  

ABSTRACT

  Anugerah Sutahayu. K2210008. Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery,

  

Reading Attitudes, and Reading Comprehension of the Second Semester

Students of English Education Department of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University in the Academic Year of

2016/2017. English Education Department. Teacher Training and Education

  Faculty of Sebelas Maret University. 2017. The objectives of this study are to find out the correlation between (1) vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension; (2) reading attitudes and reading comprehension; and (3) vocabulary mastery and reading attitudes simultaneously and reading comprehension.

  This study used a quantitative approach with a correlational method. The population was all second semester students of English Education Department in Sebelas Maret University. The sample was class B consisting of 33 students. The sample was chosen by using cluster random sampling. Tests for testing vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension and a questionnaire about reading attitudes were used to collect data. Regression and Correlation techniques, both single and multiple, were used for analyzing data. The findings at the level of significance α= 0.05 show that (1) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension (r x1y = 0.5198); (2) there is a positive correlation between reading attitudes and reading comprehension (r x2y = 0.4120); and (3) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading attitudes simultaneously and reading comprehension (R = 0.602

  x1.2y

  ). The students’ vocabulary mastery makes 23.43% effective contribution to their reading comprehension, and reading attitudes make 12.86% effective contribution to their reading comprehension.

  Meanwhile vocabulary mastery and reading attitudes simultaneously make 36.29% effective contribution to their reading comprehension. It is evident that vocabulary mastery and reading attitudes, both partially and simultaneously, are vital in reading comprehension. Therefore, strengthening vocabulary mastery and designing learning activities that improve students’ reading attitudes are necessary to improve their reading comprehension.

  Keywords: Vocabulary, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension

  MOTTO

“I thought about giving up

Then I choose to give up the thought”

• Tablo in Blonote-

  

“Ohne Glauben Bist Du Tot”

• Shakespeare in Hamlet-

  DEDICATION

  To Mom and Dad, My deepest gratitude,

  For the endless love, unceasing supports, day and night prayers, and load of naggings, I love you. Special thanks

  To my grannies and Oom Yossi, To Alm. Aunty Yeti, May Allah grant you peace and place in Jannah.

  Nakayoshi, We did it!

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  

5. Dewi Sri Wahyuni, S.Pd., M.Pd. the academic consultant, for the motivation,

  10. All of her friends in class A, such as Adam, Ika, Fariz, Kartika, Ratna, Fadhil, Via, Evi, Indra, Gigih and Hanif for their sincere help and encouragement;

  Her sister-like-friends, Inna, Azka, Esti, Mbak Hestu, and Haniva for their supports, encouragement and loves;

  8. Her beloved Grannys, Oom Yossi, Alm. Aunty Yeti ; 9.

  ;

  supports, day and night prayers, and load of naggings

  7. Her beloved parents, Bapak Sudiro Mangkurejo and Ibu Tandur, unceasing

  kindness, and advice; 6. Second semester students of EED in the academic year of 2016/2017 for their participation in this research ;

  4. Kristiandi, S.S., M. A., the second consultant, for his time, patience, help, kindness, guidance, and suggestions during the completion of this thesis;

  Alhamdulillah, all praises are to Allah SWT, the Merciful, for all blessings to the writer, helps, health, strength, and guidance during working and finishing this thesis. The writer is also profoundly grateful to everyone for helping and supporting so this thesis can be finalized. Hence, she would like to express her deepest gratitude and appreciation to the following:

  , the first consultant, for his time, patience, help, kindness, and suggestions during the completion of this thesis;

  f Teacher Training and Education Facul ty; 3. Drs. Martono, M.A.

  f the English Department o

  , the Head o

  Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M. Hum.

  Faculty of Sebelas Maret University for approving this thesis; 2.

  

1. Prof. Dr. Joko Nurkamto, M.Pd., the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

  11. All of her friends in English Education Department 2010, especially in the group of “Sukses Masih Menanti Kita” for their help and encouragement.

  The writer accepts gratefully every comment and suggestion because nothing

is perfect except Allah SWT and neither is this thesis. However, the writer hopes that

this thesis will be useful to the improvement of English teaching and learning.

  Surakarta, July 2017 Anugerah Sutahayu

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  COVER .................................................................................................................... i PRONOUNCEMENT ............................................................................................. ii APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTANT ................................................................ iii APPROVAL OF THE BOARD EXAMINERS .................................................... iv ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................ v MOTTO ................................................................................................................. vi DEDICATION ...................................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................... viii TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ x LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................ xii LIST OF FIGURES .

  ……………………………………………………………xiii LIST OF APPENDICES ..

  ………………………………………………………xiv

  CHAPTER I ………………………………………………………………………1 A.

  Background of the Study . ………………………………………………...1 B. Problem Identification . …………………………………………………...5 C. Problem Limitation . ………………………………………………………5 D. Problem Statement . ……………………………………………………….6 E. Objectives of the Study . …………………………………………………..6 F. Benefits of the Study . ……………………………………………………..7 CHAPTER II .

  ……………………………………………………………………..8 A. Reading Comprehension .. ………………………………………………...9 B. Vocabulary Mastery . …………………………………………………….15

  C.

  Reading Attitudes . ……………………………………………………….20 D. Rationale ………………………………………………………………...22 E. Hypotheses ……………………………………………………………….23 CHAPTER III .

  …………………………………………………………………..24 A. The Method of the Study ....... …………………………………………...24 B. The Subject of the Study .. ……………………………………………….25 C. The Aims of the Study ...... ……………………………………………....26 D. Place and Time of the Study ....... ………………………………………..26 E. The Technique of Collecting Data .. ……………………………………..26 F. Tryout of the Instrument .. ……………………………………………….28 G.

  The Technique of Analyzing Data .. ……………………………………..30

  CHAPTER IV …………………………………………………………………...37 A.

  The Data Description . …………………………………………………...37 B. The Pre-requisite Test . …………………………………………………..42 C. The Hypotheses Test . ……………………………………………………46 D. The Contribution Analysis .. ……………………………………………..50 E. The Discussion of the Research Finding .. ………………………………51

  CHAPTER V …………………………………………………………………....55 A.

  Conclusion ……………………………………………………………….55 B. Implication ………………………………………………………………55 C. Suggestion ……………………………………………………………….56 BIBLIOGRAPHY .

  ……………………………………………………………....58 APPENDICES

  …………………………………………………………………..62

  LIST OF TABLES

  Table 4.1 The Data of Students’ Vocabulary Mastery .................................. 37

  Table 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Students’ Vocabulary Mastery .... 38

  Table 4.3 The Data of Students’ Reading Attitude ....................................... 39

Table 4.4 The

  Frequency Distribution of Students’ Reading Attitudes ........ 39 Table 4.5

  The Data of Students’ Reading Comprehension ........................... 41 Table 4.6

The Frequency Distribution of Students’ Reading Comprehension 41 Table 4.7 Normality Test Data .....................................................................

  43 Table 4.8 Linearity of Regression Test Data ................................................

  44 Table 4.9 Significance of Regression Test Data ...........................................

  45 Table 4.10 The Contribution Analysis of the Variables .................................

  51

  

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 3.1 Diagram of the correlation between Vocabulary Mastery, Reading

  Attitudes and Reading Comprehension ....................................... 25 Figure 4.1

  The Histogram of the Students’ Vocabulary Mastery .................. 38 Figure 4.2

  The Histogram of the Students’ Reading Attitudes ...................... 40 Figure 4.3

  The Histogram of Students’ Reading Attitudes ............................ 25

Figure 4.4 The polygon of Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery and

  Reading Comprehension ............................................................. 38

Figure 4.5 The Polygon of Correlation between Reading Attitudes (X

  1 ) and

  Reading Comprehension (Y) ....................................................... 40

  

LIST OF APPENDICES

  Appendix 1 The List of the Students Joining Try-out .................................... 62 Appendix 2 The List of the Students Joining Test ......................................... 63 Appendix 3a Blueprint of Reading Comprehension Test (Try-out) ................. 64 Appendix 3b Reading Comprehension Test Instrument (Try-out) ................... 65 Appendix 3c Answer Key of Reading Comprehension Test (Try-out) ............ 73 Appendix 3d

  Students’ Reading Comprehension Test Answer Sheet (Try-out) 74 Appendix 4a Blueprint of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Try-out) ........................ 76 Appendix 4b Vocabulary Mastery Test Instrument (Try-out) .......................... 77 Appendix 4c Answer Key of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Try-out) .................. 82 Appendix 4d

  Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Test Answer Sheet (Try-out) ..... 83 Appendix 5a Blueprint of Reading Comprehension Test (Data Collection) .... 85 Appendix 5b Instrument of Reading Comprehension Test (Data Collection) . 86 Appendix 5c Answer Key of Reading Comprehension Test (Data Collection) 94 Appendix 5d

Students’ Reading Comprehension Test Answer Sheet (Data

  Collection) ................................................................................. 95 Appendix 6a Blueprint of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Data Collection) ........... 97 Appendix 6b Vocabulary Mastery Test Instrument (Data Collection) ............. 98 Appendix 6c Answer Key of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Data Collection) ...... 103 Appendix 6d

  Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Test Answer Sheet (Data Collection) ................................................................................. 104

  Appendix 7a Blueprint of Reading Attitude Questionnaire (Data Collection) 106 Appendix 7b Reading Attitude Questionnaire (Data Collection) ..................... 107 Appendix 7c

  Students’ Reading Attitude Questionnaire Answer Sheet (Data Collection) ................................................................................. 110

  Appendix 8a

Validity Test on Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Test Instrument114

  Appendix 8b The Computation of Validity Test on Vocabulary Mastery Instrument .................................................................................. 116

  Appendix 9a Reliability Test on Vocabulary Mastery Test Instrument ........... 117

  Appendix 9b The Computation of Reliability Test on Vocabulary Mastery Instrument .................................................................................. 118

  Appendix 10a Validity Test on Reading Comprehension Test Instrument ........ 119 Appendix 10b The Computation of Validity Test on Reading Comprehension Test

  Instrument .................................................................................. 121 Appendix 11a Reliability Test on Reading Comprehension Test Instrument .... 122 Appendix 11b The Computation of Reliability Test on Reading Comprehension

  Test Instrument .......................................................................... 123 Appendix 12a The Statistic Calculation of Each Test ........................................ 124 Appendix 12b

  1 ), Reading

  Main Data of Students’ Vocabulary Mastery (X Attitude (X ), and Reading Comprehension (Y) ....................... 125

  2 Appendix 13 The Data Description of Vocabulary Mastery Test Result ......... 126

  Appendix 14 The Data Description of Reading Attitudes Test Result ............ 129 Appendix 15 The Data Description of Reading Comprehension Test Result . 132 Appendix 16a The Computation of Normality Test on Vocabulary Mastery .... 135 Appendix 16b The Computation of Normality Test on Reading Attitudes ....... 137 Appendix 16c The Computation of Normality Test on Reading Comprehension

  ................................................................................................... 139 Appendix 17a The Main Data of X

  1 Y ................................................................ 141

  Appendix 17b The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression of Vocabulary Mastery (X ) and Reading Comprehension (Y) ... 142

  1 Appendix 18a The Main Data of X

  2 Y ............................................................... 144

  Appendix 18b The Computation of Linearity and Significance of Regression of Reading Attitudes (X

  2 ) and Reading Comprehension (Y) ....... 145

  Appendix 19a Single Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery (X ) and Reading

  1 Comprehension (Y) .................................................................. 147

  Appendix 19b The Computation Single Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery (X ) and Reading Comprehension (Y) ...................................... 148

  1 Appendix 20a Single Correlation between Reading Attitude (X 2 ) and Reading

  Comprehension (Y) …………... ................................................ 150

  Appendix 20b The Computation Single Correlation between Reading Attitude (X

  2 ) and Reading Comprehension (Y) ...................................... 151

  Appendix 21a The Computation of Multiple Regression .................................. 153 Appendix 21b The Computation of Multiple Correlation .................................. 155 Appendix 22 The Computation of Relative and Effective Contribution .......... 156 Appendix 23 The r- table……………… ........................................................... 158 Appendix 24 The Standard Normal Distribution Table.................................... 159 Appendix 25 The Lilliefors (L) Table .............................................................. 160 Appendix 26 The F-Distribution Table ............................................................ 161 Appendix 27 The t-Distribution Table ............................................................. 162 Appendix 28 Letter of Pe rmission……………………………………………. 163