THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION COMPETENCE AND GRAMMAR MASTERY WITH RESPECT TO TENSES AND PRONOUNS

(A Case Study at Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak)

A THESIS

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

For Master’s Degree in Linguistics

Suwarnoto

A.4C.008019

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

DIPONEGORO university

semarang

2012

A THESIS

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION COMPETENCE AND GRAMMAR MASTERY WITH RESPECT TO TENSES AND PRONOUNS

(A Case Study at Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak)

Submitted by:

Suwarnoto

A.4C.008019

Approved by

Advisor,

Dr. Suwandi, M.Pd.

NIP. 1952 0815 1983 031003

Master’s Program in Linguistics

Head,

Drs. J. Herudjati Purwoko, Ph.D.

NIP. 1953 0327 1981 031006

A THESIS

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION COMPETENCE AND GRAMMAR MASTERY WITH RESPECT TO TENSES AND PRONOUNS

(A Case Study at Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak)

Submitted by:

Suwarnoto

A.4C.008019

VALIDATION

Approved by

Strata II Thesis Examination Committee

Master’s Degree in Linguistics

Postgraduate Program Diponegoro University

On Juni 20, 2012

Chairman

Dr. Suwandi, M.Pd.______

First Member

Drs. J. Herudjati Purwoko, Ph.D. ______

Second Member

Dr. Nurhayati, M. Hum.______

Third Member

Dr. Sugeng Purwanto, M.A.______

CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY

I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, this study contains no material previously published or written by another or material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of a university or other institutes of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement is made in the text of the thesis.

Semarang,…………………….. 2012

Suwarnoto

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise be to AllahSWT, who has given strength and true spirit so this thesis entitle “The Correlation Between Students’ Reading Comprehension Competence and Grammar MasteryWith Respect to Tenses and Pronouns” (A Case Study at Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak): could finished. In this occasion, the writer would like to thank all those people who have contributed to the completion of this research report.

The deepest gratitude and appreciation are extended to Dr. Suwandi,M.Pd.,the writer’s advisor who has given his continuous guidance, helpful correction, moral support, advice and suggestion, without which it is doubtful that this thesis came into completion.

The writer’s deepest thank also goes to the following:

  1. Drs. J. Herudjati Purwoko, Ph.D.,the head of master’s Program in Linguistics of Diponegoro University Semarang.
  2. Dr. Nurhayati, M. Hum., the secretary of master’s Program in Linguistics of Diponegoro University Semarang.
  3. All lecturers of master’s Program in Applied Linguistics of Diponegoro University who have enrich his knowledge for several years.
  4. Benny Hermanto S.S, M.Hum., the directur of LPK Kurnia Excellent Course Demak.
  5. The writer’s family at home, especially for his mother for their support.
  6. To all dear friends and those who cannot be mentioned one by one. Thank you four support. May God bless you all.

The writer realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore the writer will be glad to acceptany correction, comment and criticism for its improvements.

Semarang, ……………………2012

The writer,

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ...... i

APPROVAL ...... ii

VALIDATION ...... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...... iv

CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY ...... v

TABLE OF CONTENT ...... vi

ABSTRACT ...... viii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...... 1

  1. Background of the Study...... 1
  2. Statements of the Problem...... 6
  3. Purpose of the Study...... 7
  4. Significance of the Study...... 7
  5. Scope of the Study...... 7
  6. Methods and Framework of the Study...... 8
  7. Underlying Theory...... 9
  8. Operational Definition of Variables...... 11
  9. The Organization of Writing...... 12

CHAPTER II LITERARY REVIEW ...... 14

  1. Review of the Related Literature...... 14
  2. Underlying Theory...... 16
  3. Reading...... 16
  1. The Purpose of Reading...... 17
  2. Principles for Teaching Reading...... 18
  3. Reading Comprehension...... 20
  4. Teaching Reading Comprehension...... 23
  5. Grammar...... 24

2.1 Background of the teaching of grammar...... 26

2.2 Principles for teaching grammar...... 26

2.3 Grammatical Aspect of lLanguage.....….. 27

  1. Tenses...... 28

3.1 Kinds of tenses...... 28

  1. Pronoun...... 31
  1. Kinds of pronouns...... 31
  1. Factors that Influence the Student’s Learning Outcomes....33
  2. Correlation between Reading Comprehension competence and Grammar Mastery 34

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD...... 36

  1. Research Design...... 36
  2. Population and sample...... 37
  3. Research Instrument...... 38
  4. The Data Collection Technique ...... 38
  5. Variables of Research ,…………………………………. 39
  6. Data Analysis ...... 40
  7. Classic Assumption Test ...... 42

CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION ...... 46

A.Research Finding ...... 46

1.Validity and Reliability of the Instruments ...... 46

2.Scoring of the Test ...... 48

3.Correlation Analysis ...... 56

4.Results of Classic Assumption Test ...... 60

5.Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ...... 64

B.Discussion ...... 65

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION ...... 71

  1. Conclusion ...... 71
  2. Suggestion ...... 72

REFERENCE ...... 74

ABSTRACT

This study aims at finding out the correlation between students’ reading comprehension competence and grammar mastery with respect to tenses and pronouns.

There are three stages in conducting this research.

The first is gathering, selecting and classifying data. Spreading questionnaire and conducting test are used to gather factors that influence students’ learning outcomes and students’ ability in reading comprehension, tenses and pronouns mastery. The population in this study is the students of Kurnia Excellent Course, Demakin the Academic Year of the 2010/2011.

The second stage is to analyze data using product moment correlation test to know the correlation between grammar mastery consisting of tenses and pronouns with reading comprehension. Meanwhile, multiple linier regression is used to know the correlation between tenses and pronouns mastery simultaneously with reading comprehension competence.

The third is to present the results. The results show that tenses mastery significantly correlate with reading comprehension (r = 0.919), the correlation between pronouns mastery and reading comprehension is significant too (r = 0.899). Multiple regression analysis obtain p-value less than 5%, so there is significant correlation between tenses and pronouns mastery with reading comprehension. Most of the students at Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak in the Academic Year of the 2010/2011 have mastered pronouns, tenses and reading comprehension. The tenses and pronouns mastery as the part of grammar mastery influence the reading comprehension significantly. The more the students master the tenses and pronouns, the better students in reading comprehension

INTISARI

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menunjukkan perihal hubungan antara kemampuan siswa pada reading comprehension dan penguasaan grammar dengan focus pada tenses dan pronouns.

Ada tiga ttahap dalam penelitian ini.

Tahap yang pertama adalah penyediaan data yang meliputi pengumpulan, menyeleksi dan mengelompokkan data dengan menggunakan metode test and quetionnaire. Penggunakan metode test adalah untuk mendapatkan data tentang prestasi siswa pada tenses, pronouns dan reading comprehension. Sedangkan questionnaire digunakan untuk megetahui factor-faktor yang mempengaruhi hasil belajar siswa. Populasi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa LPK Kurnia Excellent Course, Demakpada Tahun Pelajaran 2010/2011.

Tahap yang kedua adalah analisa data dengan menggunakan uji korelasi Produk Moment untuk mengetahui hubungan antara penguasaan siswa pada grammar khususnya pada tenses dan pronouns sebagai bagian dari grammar dan kemampuan siswa padareading comprehension. Sedangkan penggunaan regresi linier berganda adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antaranilai siswa padatenses dan pronounssecara bersamaan dengan nilai siswa pada reading comprehension .

Tahap yang ketiga adalah penyajian hasil analisis.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa analisis regresi berganda menujukkan harga p kurang dari 5% ini berarti ada korelasi secara signifikan antara penguasaan siswa pada tenses, pronouns dan kemampuan pada reading comprehension. Sebagian besar siswa LPK Kurnia Excellent Course, Demak pada Tahun Pelajaran 2010/2011 memiliki penguasaan tenses, pronounsdan reading comprehension dengan baik.Penguasaan tenses dan pronouns ternyata meiliki pengaruh secara signifikan teradap kemampuan padareading comprehension.Semakin baik penguasaan siswa pada tenses dan pronous, maka semakin baik pula kemampuan siswa pada reading comprehension.

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