scholarly journals A correlational study on tertiary students’ reading habits and their critical reading skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Iqbal Risca ◽  
Rahma Dianti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Skills ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Data Analysis Result

Reading habit influences students’ achievement of reading comprehension. It is assumed that if people have good reading habit, they will have good comprehension toward reading texts. The study was highlighted to examine the association between English education department students’ reading habits and their critical reading skills. This study was conducted using a correlational research design. The population of this study consisted of 112 undegraduate students of English Education department of Tridinanti University in the academic year 2017/2018. There were 37 students participating as the sample of the study chosen by using purposive sampling. In collecting the data, a questionnaire of reading habit and a critical reading test were distributed. A correlational analysis using Pearson Product Moment was applied to seek the association between the variables measured. Based on the data analysis result, it was found that students’ reading habit was not significantly correlated with students’ critical reading skills. 

scholarly journals The Correlations among Reading Habit, Multiple Intelligences, and Writing Mastery of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Ayu Lestari ◽  
Sofendi Sofendi ◽  
Ismail Petrus
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Attitude ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, (2) to find out whether or not there was significant correlation among the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, and (3) to find out whether or not the students’ Reading habit and multiple intelligences contributed to their writing mastery. In this study, 76 undergraduate EFL students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University in the academic year 2017/2018 were chosen as a samples by means of purposive sampling. This study applied correlational research design. The data were collected by using questionnaires and test, and were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that (1) most of the students (50%)  were in the average level of reading habit; most of the students (15.7%) had six dominant intelligences; most of the students (57.8%) were in the good level of writing mastery; (2) reading attitude was the only habit which had a negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -271, p< 0.018); reading attitude also had positive and negative and significant correlation to the students’ ideas  (r= 0.367, p< 0.001) and thesis voice audience (r= -0.236, p=< 0.040); logical intelligence was the only intelligence which had negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -0.238, p= 0.038); ideas was the only the aspect of writing had a positive  and significant correlation to the students’ logical intelligence (r= 0.267, p= 0.020) and intrapersonal intelligence (r= 0.250, p= 0.029); (3) reading attitude became the best predictor and influenced the students’ writing mastery with 7.3% contribution (R2 = 0.073).

scholarly journals A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN EXTROVERSION PERSONALITY, VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND SPEAKING SKILL

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Shelia Anjarani ◽  
Abdul Asib ◽  
Hefy Sulistyawati
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Academic Year

<p>The article is aimed at investigating the correlation between extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery toward speaking skill of the fourth semester students of English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University in the academic year of 2012/2013; both partially and simultaneously. The method of this study is correlational research. The population of the study is all of the fourth semester students while the sample is 30 students taken by simple random sampling technique. The technique used to analyze the data are simple, multiple correlation, and regression by using microsoft excel. The results of the study show that there is a positive correlation between extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery toward speaking skill both partially and simultaneously. The positive correlation indicates that extroversion personality and vocabulary mastery tend to go up or to go down together with speaking skill.</p>

scholarly journals LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS� WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT: A CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Fitri Nurdianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
English Education ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Language Learning Strategy ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Academic Year

Since writing is fundamental in learning to think and express one�s thoughts in ways that reach others, the ability to use language coherently and powerfully and to wrtite in ways that connect with others across cultural boundaries and within communities is essential to active citizenship and to success in almost any profession. The problem of the study was to know whether or not there was a significant correlation between students� learning strategy and their writing skill achievement of the second semester students at IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro. This research was a correlational research. The instruments used in this research were writing test and learning strategy questionnnaire. Then, the correlation of the data was calculated by using Pearson Product Moment Formula. The result showed that there is a correlation between students� learning strategy and their writing skill achievement of the second semester students at English Education Department of IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro in academic year 2016/2017.� �Keywords: Learning strategy; writing skill; achievement; correlational research.

Getting EFL Learners to Speak: Obstacles and Solutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Eulis Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
English Competence ◽  
Academic Year

This research investigates how process of speaking instruction takes place at IAIN SMH Banten. There are three main issues in the research problems: the process of teaching speaking, obstacles found in the teaching and learning process, and what efforts do they make to solve the obstacles in speaking. The process of teaching speaking discusses materials, preparation, procedures or steps in teaching speaking while obstacles and solutions discuss the speaking barriers that the students faced in speaking class and how they minimize the barriers. By applying descriptive qualitative research design to students of fourth semester in academic year 2014/2015, the result shows that the focus of speaking instruction at the fourth semester of English education department of IAIN SMH Banten seemed to let the students speak, without any language skills discussion as the feedback. At the same time, during the process of speaking instruction there are some problems faced by students. The first is  problem of limited English Competence dealt with students poor of vocabulary and the second is problems of psychological factors.

scholarly journals The Effort to Increase the Students’ Achievement in Poetry Mastery through Semiotic Method

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
I Wy. Dirgeyasa
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Average Score ◽  
State University ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

The obejectives of this research are to know the improvement  of the students’ achievement in poetry mastery and their perception regarding to the semiotic method in teaching and learning poetry in  English Education Department, Languages and Art Faculty of State University of Medan. The research method used is the Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of the research are the fifth semester of 37 students of 2013/2014 academic year. The data are collected by test in order to know the students’ achievment in poetry mastery. The students’ perception toward the implementation of the semiotic method for teaching and learning poetry is collected by questionaire. The data are analyzed by descriptive analysis. The result of research shows that (1) the average score of the students’ achievement of poetry mastery is (71.75) or it increases (11,59) point from pre-test (60.16) and (2) in general, the students’ perception toward the semiotic method for teaching and learning poetry are good and positive.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CHATTING ONLINE AND STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 707
Author(s):  
Essa Widya Pangestika ◽  
Sri Nariah
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Low Correlation ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this research is to figure out the correlation between chatting online and students’ speaking achievement. The method of this research was correlation method. The researchers used this research because they wanted to find out the degree of relationship students chatting online and their speaking skill achievement in English Education Department of IKIP Siliwangi in the academic year 2015. The data were gathered from the questionnaires and speaking tests, then were analyzed by Spearman Rank in SPSS V.23. The result showed that the score of Spearman Rank test is 0.299. It was defined that there is low correlation between two variables. In other words, there was no significance correlation between students chatting online and their speaking achievement. 

A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN READING HABIT, VOCABULARY MASTERY, AND TRANSLATION ABILITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Widya Setyaningsih ◽  
Sujoko Sujoko ◽  
Teguh Sarosa
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Regression Correlation

This study aims finding out whether there is a correlation between (1) students’ reading habit and translation ability; (2) students’ vocabulary mastery and translation ability; and (3) students’ reading habit and vocabulary mastery toward translation ability. The study is conducted from May to June 2013 at English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, and the population is all of sixth semester students. The sample is 34 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The method used in this study is descriptive research method, with category of correlational study. The instruments in collecting the data are questionnaire and test. The techniques which are used to analyze the data are Simple Correlation and Multiple Regression Correlation. The result of the data analysis shows that in the level of significance a = 0.05 (1) there is a positive correlation between students’ reading habit and translation ability (r-./ = 0.448 &gt; rt  = 0.339) and it is about 20.07%; (2) there is a positive correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and translation ability (r-0/ = 0.467 &gt; rt = 0.339) and it is about 21.81%; and (3) there is positive correlation between students’ reading habit, vocabulary mastery, and translation ability (R/.0 = 0.24 and Fo = 6.26 &gt; Ft = 3.32) and it is about 28.76%.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Internet Literacy and Passive Vocabulary Size

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Riza Weganofa ◽  
Rizky Lutviana
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Senior Students ◽  
Internet Literacy

This research aimed at describing the correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. The findings of this research were expected to predict how much the two variables correlate. This research was beneficial as inter internet users in Indonesia were growing in numbers (55 billion users in 2011), and most of them were students. Their intensity in using internet would affect on education, later. Thus, it was important to see whether there was a strong positive correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. Passive vocabulary became the limitation of this research as it could explain how big students’ ‘vocabulary reservoir,’ and thus, it could predict the active vocabulary size.This was a correlational research involving randomly 81 senior students of English Education Department. The instruments used were a set of vocabulary test, and a questionnaire on internet literacy. Using two-tailed significant level, it is found that the result of rho is -0,001 with 0,993 of significant level. Therefore, there is no correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. It can be concluded that there are other factors which affect students’ passive vocabulary.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF FRONTLOADING STRATEGY TOWARD STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Mukminatus Zuhriyah
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
English Department ◽  
Education Department ◽  
English Departments ◽  
Academic Year

All English departments provide the listening courses that must be studied by their students. In fact, the students often find difficulties in understanding the listening texts so that their listening comprehension becomes low. This condition also happens to the students of English department of UNHASY. One of the causes of it is the teaching strategy for listening which is not appropriate. Therefore, the researcher implemented frontloading strategy for teaching listening in this study. The purpose of this study was to know whether or not frontloading strategy influenced the students’ listening comprehension. The research method used was quasi experiment with the design of pretest posttest nonequivalent control group. The population and the sample of the research were the two classes of the second semester students of English education department of UNHASY in the academic year of 2018/2019. After the implementation of frontloading strategy in experimental class and direst listening in control class, the students’ post listening comprehensions were compared by using independent sample t-test whose result was that sig. (2-tailed) (0.004) was lower than 0.05. In short, it is concluded that frontloading strategy influences students’ listening comprehension.

scholarly journals Reading Habit and Its Affect on Academic Performance of The Students of Advanced Technological Institute, Sammanthurai

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 934-942
Author(s):  
Abul Firnas ◽  
Munas ◽  
Mohammed Rizvi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
The People ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Good Reading ◽  
Crucial Part

Readings plays an important role in the life of a human. It is also one of the most important components of the language. Reading habit is determined by measuring how often the people read, how long do they read and what do they read. Particularly for students, reading is very crucial part for them during the span of learning. It is an instrument used to acquire new knowledge and skills. This study aims to investigate the reading habits among students and their effect on their academic performance. This study is conducted at ATI, Sammanthurai located in the Eastern province, Sri Lanka. Data are collected using questionnaire with deductive approach in quantitative method and analyzed by statistical package for social science (SPSS). Findings are presented using frequency analysis, regression analysis, descriptive analysis and correlation analysis. The questionnaire is conducted via Google form then shared among the students of ATI, Sammanthurai. The findings indicate that most of the students has a good reading habit and it affects their academic performance positively. Finally, the study confirms that there is a relationship between reading habit and the academic performance of the students. Some findings are that; the majority of the respondents read class notes which means the need to read it for the examination purpose. Majority of the students get reading material via internet (81.4%) as they state that they spend most of their time in surfing internet and using social media.

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