THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ANXIETY AND ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT (A Correlational Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Tengaran)

Fatmasari, Yunita (2023) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ANXIETY AND ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT (A Correlational Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Tengaran). Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

This study aims to describe: 1) The students’ anxiety in reading comprehension of recount texts at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Tengaran. 2) The students’ reading comprehension in reading recount texts at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Tengaran. 3) The relationship between students' anxiety and students' English reading ability at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Tengaran. The method used in this study was a quantitative method and the technique used in this study was a correlational technique. The population in this study were students of class VIII C SMPN 1 Tengaran. There were 30 students selected as samples using purposive technique. There are two instruments used in this study, first, the instrument used to measure students' anxiety in learning to read English comprehension, namely using a questionnaire designed by Saito et al. namely Foreign Language and Reading Comprehension Anxiety Scale (FLRAS); second, the instrument to measure students' reading ability, namely documentation. Data were collected and analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment correlation formula. The results showed that rxy > rtabel = -0.573 > 0.361. Therefore, it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Based on the results, it can be concluded that there is a significant negative correlation between students' anxiety and English reading comprehension of recount texts in the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Tengaran.

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