CORRELATIVE STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN
INFERRING WORD MEANING FROM CONTEXT AND THEIR
ACHIEVEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION OF FIRST YEAR
STUDENTS AT SMA N 1 KIBANG EAST LAMPUNG
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Universitas Lampung
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0413042049, Syofian Hadi
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2015-09-09 07:30:27
Abstract :
The present research is aimed at investigating the correlation between students’ ability in inferring word meaning from context and their reading comprehension achievement. Forty first year students from SMA N 1 Kibang East Lampung were selected using a sample random sampling by using lottery. The data gained by administering a set of inferring word meaning from context test and reading comprehension test. From inferring word meaning from context test, it was obtained that the highest score was 90, the lowest 33.33 and average was 64.27. It means that the students have good performance in inferring word meaning from context. While for reading comprehension test, it showed the average of students’ achievement on reading comprehension was 70.08. The highest score was 93.3 and the lowest score was 46.7. It means that the students have excellent performance in reading comprehension. The result showed that the coefficient correlation was 0.819 and it was significant where r-value (0.819) > r-table (0.312) and it was found that students’ ability in inferring word meaning from context influenced their reading comprehension achievement with 67%; that is, students’ ability in inferring word meaning had a positive correlation with their achievement on reading comprehension. Key words: Inferring word meaning from context, Reading, Reading comprehension, Correlation
The present research is aimed at investigating the correlation between students’ ability in inferring word meaning from context and their reading comprehension achievement. Forty first year students from SMA N 1 Kibang East Lampung were selected using a sample random sampling by using lottery. The data gained by administering a set of inferring word meaning from context test and reading comprehension test. From inferring word meaning from context test, it was obtained that the highest score was 90, the lowest 33.33 and average was 64.27. It means that the students have good performance in inferring word meaning from context. While for reading comprehension test, it showed the average of students’ achievement on reading comprehension was 70.08. The highest score was 93.3 and the lowest score was 46.7. It means that the students have excellent performance in reading comprehension. The result showed that the coefficient correlation was 0.819 and it was significant where r-value (0.819) > r-table (0.312) and it was found that students’ ability in inferring word meaning from context influenced their reading comprehension achievement with 67%; that is, students’ ability in inferring word meaning had a positive correlation with their achievement on reading comprehension. Key words: Inferring word meaning from context, Reading, Reading comprehension, Correlation
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