A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN READING HABIT,

VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND READING COMPREHENSION

OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS STUDENTS
OF MAN 1 SURAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF
2011/2012

THESIS

Submitted as the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana in English Education
Written by:
Elliyina
26.08.6.2.048

ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

LANGUAGE AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT
ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA
2012

A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN READING HABIT,

VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND READING COMPREHENSION
OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE SCIENCE CLASS STUDENTS
OF MAN 1 SURAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF
2011/2012

Presented to
State Islamic Institute of Surakarta in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Sarjana in English Education
THESIS

Written by:
Elliyina
26.08.6.2.048
ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
LANGUAGE AND LETTERS DEPARTMENT
ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA
2012

APPROVAL
This is to certify that Sarjanas thesis of A Correlational Study Between Reading
Habit, Vocabulary Mastery, and Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade
Science Class Students of MAN 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012
by Elliyina has been approved by the thesis advisors for further approval by the
Broad of Examiners.

Surakarta, 5 July 2012

Advisor I

Rochmat Budi Santoso, M.Pd.

NIP. 196911112002121001
Surakarta, 5 July 2012
Advisor II

Fithriyah Nurul Hidayati, M.Pd.

NIP. 198207252009122006

RATIFICATION
This is to certify that Sarjanas thesis of A Correlational Study Between Reading
Habit, Vocabulary Mastery, and Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade
Science Class Students of MAN 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012
by Elliyina has been approved by the Board of Examiners as the requirement for
the degree of Sarjana in English Education.
Signature
Chairman

: Umi Pujiyanti, M.Hum, M.Si.

NIP

: 198503012009122004

Secretary

: Zainal Arifin, S.Pd.

NIP

: 197308202003121003

Examiner I

: Rochmat Budi Santoso, M.Pd.

NIP

: 196911112002121001

Examiner II

: Fithriyah Nurul Hidayati, M.Pd.

NIP

: 198207252009122006

(.)

(.)

(.)

(.)

Surakarta, 31 July 2012

Approved by
The Dean of Islamic Education and Language Faculty

Drs. Giyoto, M. Hum.

NIP. 150299946

ADMISSION SHEET

Name

: Elliyina

SIN

: 26.08.6.2.048

Program

: English Education

Title

: A Correlational Study Between Reading Habit, Vocabulary

Mastery, and Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade
Science Class Students of MAN 1 Surakarta in the Academic
Year of 2011/2012

Herewith, I state all statements, opinions, and analyses that I have written in this
thesis are my originally work. I optimally conducted my own research with the
help of references and suggestion. If any claim related to the analyses that I made
persist in the future, I would be fully responsible for the clarification.

Surakarta, 31 July 2012

The researcher

Elliyina

DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

My beloved parents (Muchammad A.M and

Hasanah)
All my elder sisters (Kak Haf, Kak Helen,
Kak Imun, Kak Elis, Almh. Eny) and all my
brothers in-law (Mas Imam, Mas Yan, Mas

Agus)
All my nephews and nieces (Kobong,
Hime, Habibah, Azizah, Najiha, Zaidan,

Jian Chi)
My Dear Mr. C

MOTTO
Someone who knows, does not speak. Someone who speaks, does not know
( Loo Tse )
Surely there is ease after hardship. Aye, surely there is ease after hardship
(Q.S. Al-Insyiroh 5-6)
Fall one time and stand up two times
(Anonymous)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Praise be to Allah SWT, The Lord of Universe, who always blesses the
researcher in finishing her thesis as a partial requirement for getting the
Undergraduate Degree in English Education. The researcher finally completed
this research paper entitled A Correlational Study Between Reading Habit,
Vocabulary Mastery, and Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade Science
Class Students of MAN 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012. The
writer would like to express her special gratitude to those who have given her
their help, guidance, and support in writing this thesis.
1. Dr. Imam Sukardi, M. Ag., as the Rector of State Islamic Institute of
Surakarta.
2. Drs. Giyoto, M. Hum., as the Dean of Islamic Education and Language
Faculty of State Islamic Institute of Surakarta.
3. Rochmat Budi Santoso, M.Pd., as the Head of English Language and Letters
Department of State Islamic Institute of Surakarta and the first consultant.
4. Fithriyah Nurul Hidayati, M. Pd., as the second consultant.
5. All the lecturers of English Education Study Program of State Islamic Institute
of Surakarta.
6. The family of MAN 1 Surakarta (Ibu Erlina, Ibu Hartatik, Bapak Mustofa, and
all students of XI Science class 2011/2012).
7. All friends in IAIN Surakarta, particularly in English Education Class of 2008.
8. Mbak Amanah, someone who works behind me for my complicated data and
formula.
The researcher realizes that the study is still far from being perfect. She
has a great expectation for every comment, suggestion, and criticisms. Hopefully,
the thesis will be beneficial and useful for all the readers.
Surakarta, 31 July 2012

Elliyina

TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE....................................................................................................

COVER.............................................................................................................

ii

APPROVAL......................................................................................................

iii

RATIFICATION...............................................................................................

iv

ADMISSION SHEET.......................................................................................

DEDICATION..................................................................................................

vi

MOTTO............................................................................................................

vii

ACKNOWLEDMENT.....................................................................................

viii

TABLE OF CONTENT....................................................................................

LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................

xii

LIST OF APPENDICES...................................................................................

xiii

LIST OF FIGURE............................................................................................

xv

ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................

xvi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study.................................................
1.2 The Problem Statements..................................................
1.3 The Objectives of the Study............................................
1.4 The Limitation of Problem..............................................
1.5 The Significances of the Study........................................
1.6 Previous Study.................................................................
1.7 The Definition of Key Terms...........................................

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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL REVIEW

2.1 Reading Habit
2.1.1 Definition of Reading Habit..................................
2.1.2 The Aspect of Reading Habit................................
2.2 Vocabulary Mastery
2.2.1 Description of Vocabulary Mastery.......................
2.2.2 The Importance of Vocabulary Mastery................
2.2.3 Types of Vocabulary..............................................
2.2.4 Meanings...............................................................
2.2.5 Related Meaning of Words....................................
2.2.6 The Difficulties of Grasping Vocabulary..............
2.3 Reading Comprehension
2.3.1 The Nature of Reading..........................................
2.3.2 The Process of Reading.........................................

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2.3.3 Elements Essential to Growth in Reading.............

2.3.4 The Purposes and Ways in Reading......................
2.3.5 Reading Comprehension.......................................
2.3.6 Factors Influencing Reading Comprehension.......
2.4 Rationale..........................................................................
2.5 Hypothesis.......................................................................

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design..............................................................
3.2 Population and Sample....................................................
3.3 Techniques of Collecting Data.........................................
3.4 Techniques of Analyzing Data.........................................

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CHAPTER IV THE RESULT OF THE STUDY

4.1

The Description of the Data.............................................

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4.2

Hypothesis Testing...........................................................

49

4.3

The Discussion of Research Finding...............................

54

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND SUGGESTION

5.1

Conclusion.......................................................................

59

5.2

Implication.......................................................................

59

5.3

Suggestion........................................................................

60

BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................

63

APPENDICES.................................................................................................

67

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 The Total of Students of XI Science Class........................................

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Table 3.2 Category Score of Likert Scale.........................................................

43

Table 4.1 Variable Data Description.................................................................

47

Table 4.2 The Summary of Normality Testing Result......................................

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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 The Blue Print of Students Reading Habit Questionnaire...........

67

Appendix 2 Reading Habit Try-Out Questionnaire..........................................

68

Appendix 3 The Blue Print of Vocabulary Mastery Test..................................

71

Appendix 4 Vocabulary Mastery Try-Out Test.................................................

72

Appendix 5 Key Answer of Vocabulary Mastery Try-Out test.........................

75

Appendix 6 The Blue Print of Reading Comprehension Test...........................

76

Appendix 7 Reading Comprehension Try-Out Test..........................................

77

Appendix 8 Key Answer of Reading Comprehension Try-Out Test................

82

Appendix 9 Answer Sheet (Try-Out)................................................................

83

Appendix 10 List of the Students Joining the Try-Out.....................................

84

Appendix 11 Tabulation Data of Reading Habit Questionnaire (Try-Out).......

86

Appendix 12 Tabulation Data of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Try-Out).............

88

Appendix 13 Tabulation Data of Reading Comprehension Test (Try-Out)......

90

Appendix 14 The Validity of Reading Habit Questionnaire.............................

92

Appendix 15 The Reliability of Reading Habit Questionnaire......................... 100

Appendix 16 The Validity of Vocabulary Mastery Test.................................... 101
Appendix 17 The Reliability of Vocabulary Mastery Test................................ 110
Appendix 18 The Validity of Reading Comprehension Test............................ 111
Appendix 19 The Reliability of Reading Comprehension Test........................ 119
Appendix 20 Students Reading Habit Questionnaire...................................... 120
Appendix 21 Vocabulary Mastery Test............................................................. 123
Appendix 22 Key Answer of Vocabulary Mastery Test.................................... 125
Appendix 23 Reading Comprehension Test..................................................... 126
Appendix 24 Key Answer of Reading Comprehension Test............................ 130
Appendix 25 Answer Sheet (Test).................................................................... 131
Appendix 26 List of the Students Joining the Test........................................... 132
Appendix 27 Tabulation Data of Reading Habit Questionnaire (Test)............. 134
Appendix 28 Tabulation Data of Vocabulary Mastery Test (Test).................... 136
Appendix 29 Tabulation Data of Reading Comprehension Test (Test)............ 138

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Appendix 30 The Variables Data Description.................................................. 140

Appendix 31 The Normality Test of Reading Habit, Vocabulary Mastery, and
Reading Comprehension................................................................................... 142
Appendix 32 The Linearity Test of Reading Habit and Reading Comprehension
.......................................................................................................................... 143
Appendix 33 The Linearity Test of Vocabulary Mastery and Reading
Comprehension................................................................................................. 145
Appendix 34 The Significance Test of Reading Habit and Reading
Comprehension................................................................................................. 146
Appendix 35 The Significance Test Vocabulary Mastery and Reading
Comprehension ................................................................................................ 147
Appendix 36 The Regression ........................................................................... 148
Appendix 37 F-table......................................................................................... 149
Appendix 38 r-table.......................................................................................... 150

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LIST OF FIGURE
Figure 3.1 The Relationship between X1 and Y, X2 and Y, and X1 and X2 toward Y
..........................................................................................................................39
Figure 4.1 The Histogram of Students Reading Habit.....................................

48

Figure 4.2 The Histogram of Students Vocabulary Mastery............................

48

Figure 4.3 The Histogram of Students Reading Comprehension....................

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ABSTRACT
Elliyina. 260862048. A Correlational Study Between Reading Habit,
Vocabulary Mastery, and Reading Comprehension of the Eleventh Grade
Science Class Students of MAN 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of
2011/2012. A Thesis. Surakarta. Islamic Education and Language Faculty of State
Islamic Institute of Surakarta. July 2012.
First Advisor
Second Advisor
Key word

: Rochmat Budi Santoso, M.Pd.

: Fithriyah Nurul Hidayati, M.Pd.
: reading habit, vocabulary mastery, reading comprehension

The thesis is intended to verify (1) whether there is a positive correlation

between reading habit and reading comprehension; (2) whether there is a positive
correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension; (3) whether
there is a positive correlation between reading habit, vocabulary mastery, and
reading comprehension.
The research was carried out at MAN 1 Surakarta in May 2012. The
population of this study was the eleventh grade students of Science Class in the
academic year of 2011/2012. The sample of this study is all students in the science
class, consist of 90 students, 34 students to be the subject of try-out and 56
students to be the subject of research. The sampling technique used is simple
random sampling. The instruments in collecting the data were questionnaire and
test. The questionnaire was used to get the data of students reading habit while
the test was used to get the data of students vocabulary mastery and reading
comprehension. The questionnaire and test of try-out were given to 34 students of
the eleventh grade students of Science Class in the academic year of 2011/2012.
The technique used to analyze the data was single and multiple regression and
correlation.
The result of the research are (1) there is no correlation between students
reading habit (X1) and reading comprehension (Y) because the coefficient of
correlation r-obtained is lower than r-table (0.030 < 0.266); (2) there is a positive
correlation between students vocabulary mastery (X2) and reading comprehension
(Y) because the coefficient of correlation r-obtained is higher than r-table (0.374
> 0.266); (3) there is a positive correlation between students reading habit (X 1),
vocabulary mastery (X2), and reading comprehension (Y) because R-obtained is
higher than r-table (0.374 > 0.266) and also the F-obtained is higher than F-table
(4.307 > 3.15).
Regarding to the result of the research, the researcher suggests that to
improve reading comprehension, the teacher should consider students vocabulary
mastery first then their reading habit.

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