TITIK ISWATI , 2201903010 (2007) THE ABILITY IN COMPREHENDING READING MATERIALS IN RELATION TO THE FINAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs. AL-USWAH BERGAS SEMARANG REGENCY. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the extent to which the students comprehend reading material is and the correlation between the students’ comprehension ability and their national state exam result. I am interested to choose this problem because reading is one of the skills that students should master in English learning. Besides, this research result would be beneficial for me, as an English teacher, and for the readers. The population of this research is the third-grade students with total amount of 256 students. The sample chosen is 41 students in class III A. The object of this research is Reading Comprehension Ability and National State Exam. The data were collected by using an instrument consisting of 65 items of multiple choice reading comprehension questions. The items were tried out to class III B before they were used as a research instrument. After analyzing their validity, reliability, the difficulty level and the discriminating power, 45 items were said to be valid and could be used as a research instrument. To find out whether or not there is a correlation between reading comprehension ability as a dependent variable and national state exam as an independent variable, Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used. The result shows that 29% of the students obtain average achievement, 64% of the students obtain below average and 7% of the students obtain insufficient achievement in their reading comprehension test. The students’ reading comprehension ability is categorized into fair category for their average achievement point is between 60 – 74. Meanwhile, the national state exam average point is 5,89. It is said that the students have been successful in their national state exam. According to the Standard Operational Procedure from the National Education Department, their success is shown in the score above the passing grade of 4.26 (four point twenty six). The result of the study is that there is a correlation between the students’ comprehension ability with the examination score.

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