A correlational study on students’ translation ability, reading habit and students’ reading comprehension of the tenth grade students of SMU N 1 Kebakkramat academic year 2008/2009

Oleh :
W Setyaning Budhi Candrawati - - Fak. KIP

ABSTRACT A Correlational Study On Students’ Translation Ability, Reading Habit, and Students’ Reading Comprehension of The Tenth Grade Students of SMA N Kebakkramat Academic Year 2008/2009. Thesis. Surakarta: English Department of Teacher Training And Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. 2009. The objective of the study is to know whether there is a positive correlation between (1) translation ability and reading comprehension; (2) reading habit and reading comprehension; (3) translation ability, reading habit, and reading comprehension. In this research, the researcher used the correlation method. This research was carried out in November 2008. The population of this research is all the tenth grade students of SMA N Kebakkramat in academic year 2008/2009, consisting of 314 students. The sample of this study is class X7, which consists of 50 students. The sampling technique used is cluster random sampling. In collecting data, the researcher used questionnaire for reading habit, and test for translation ability and reading comprehension. The Form of questionnaire was close type questionnaire. Meanwhile, the forms of the tests were multiple choice translation ability and reading comprehension. The techniques of data analysis are simple and multiple regression, and correlation. From the result of the study, it can be concluded that (1) There is correlation between students’ translation ability and reading comprehension; (2) There is correlation between students’ reading habit and reading comprehension; (3) There is correlation between students’ translation ability, reading habit toward reading comprehension. The correlation among those variables is shown by the regression line Ŷ=11.9932 + 0.31 . The analysis also indicates that the coefficient determination of translation ability and reading habit to reading comprehension is 62.41%. It means that 62.41% variance of reading comprehension ability is influenced by translation ability and reading habit while the 37.59% is contributed by other factors.