THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING ABILITY AND

READING ABILITY OF FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF

MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of requirements

to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By :

JUSTSINTA SINDI ALIVI

07360107

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

AUGUST 2011

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This thesis written by Justsinta Sindi Alivi was approved on August 11, 2011

By:

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners Faculty of Teacher Training

and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on August 11, 2011

Approved by

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Examiners:

1. Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M

2. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si

3. Riza Elfana, M.A

4. Drs. Estu Widodo, M. Hum

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“ Allah SWT would not change the one’s condition unless they change themselves”

(Q.S. 13: 11)

“Then, It’s really after difficulty is easiness. In truth, after difficulty is easiness”

(Q.S. 94: 5-6)

“ I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything,

but still I can do something. And because I cannot do

everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do”

(Helen Keller)

I dedicated my thesis to:

My beloved mother (Sihati), father (Wasito Adi), and grandmother (Aminah)

Thanks for everything you give the best for me, for every support,

pray, attention, and love. “ I love you so much”

My smart brothers (Bigi and Vindo), thanks for your support,

Be good boys and get your success!

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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LISTENING ABILITY AND READING

ABILITY OF FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH

DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

ABSTRACT

Comprehension and understanding are essential parts in listening and

reading. However, their difference in receiving information from sound on

listening and graphic symbol on reading always become interesting topic to be

discussed. The objective of this study was to know the correlation between

listening ability and reading ability of fourth semester students of English

Department at University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

This research used correlation study to find the relationship between

listening and reading. A quantitative approach was used to analyze the data

collected that calculated using Pearson Product Moment computation.

The sample of this study was class 4G which consisted of 28 students who

were cluster randomly selected from 10 classes of the total population of 284

listening VI students. The instrument of this study consisted of 25 listening test

items and 25 reading test items which were taken representatively from TOEFL

Paper Based Test (PBT).

Based on the result of finding, the mean score of listening test was 57.14

and reading test was 53.29. the statistical method of correlation found that rxy=

0.36. The degree of significance showed that rt 5%= 0.374 and rt 1%= 0.478.

Those result showed that there was no significance positive correlation between

listening ability and reading ability.

Key words: Correlation, Listening Ability, Reading Ability

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah, the beneficent and the merciful. All

praises be to Allah, the lord of the worlds, who has given the blessing, health,

strength and wonderful life, who always hears my pray, and gives me power,

patience, and fluency in completing this study.

Many great thanks addressed to my best advisors, Riza Elfana, M.A and

Drs. Estu Widodo, M.Hum for their times, advices, patience, and motivation. My

sincere gratitude and appreciation are extended to Mr. Soni as the lecturer of

Listening IV, who had given me opportuninty to conduct test for this study. The

best thanks also goes to all the lecturers of English department of University of

Muhammadiyah Malang for teaching, guiding, and educating me.

Finally, special thank is delivered to my beloved father (Wasito Adi),

mother (Sihati), grand mother (Aminah), brothers (Vindo and Bigi), Aunt (Katini)

and cousin (Vanny) who always support and pray the best for me. Thanks also to

my best friends Rani, Puput, Mega, Shinta, Maulida, Aura, Waris, Mukhlis,

Anwar, Giri and all my friends that I cannot mention one by one who are always

there and color my life (Keep on spirit and do the best for you life guys!).

Malang, August, 2011

Justsinta Sindi Alivi

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Page

APPROVAL ....................................................................................... i

LEGALIZATION .............................................................................. ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .......................................................... iii

ABSTRACT ....................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................. v

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

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

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study ...................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem ............................................................. 3

1.3 Hypothesis .............................................................................. 4

1.4 Purpose of the Study ............................................................. 4

1.5 Significance of the Study ...................................................... 4

1.6 Scope and Limitation ............................................................. 5

1.7 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................ 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 The Definition of Listening .................................................. 7

2.2 The Importance of Listening Ability .................................... 9

2.3 Factors Affecting Listening Ability ...................................... 10

2.3.1 The Listener ................................................................ 10

2.3.2 The Speaker ................................................................ 12

2.3.3 The Environment ........................................................ 14

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2.4 The Definition of Reading ..................................................... 14

2.5 The Importance of Reading ................................................... 15

2.6 The Similarities between Listening a nd Reading .................. 16

2.7 The Differences between Listening and Reading .................. 17

2.8 The Relationship between Listening and Reading ................. 18

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ................................................................... 20

3.2 Population and Sample ......................................................... 21

3.3 Research Instrument ............................................................. 22

3.4 Data Collection ..................................................................... 23

3.5 Data Analysis ........................................................................ 24

CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1 The Correlation between Listening Ability and Reading Ability 26

4.2 Discussion ............................................................................. 29

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................. 31

5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................ 32

5.2.1 Suggestion for the Lecturer ......................................... 32

5.2.2 Suggestion for the Students ......................................... 32

5.2.3 Suggestion for the Next Researcher ............................ 33

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX I : The Result of Listening Test

APPENDIX II : The Result of Reading Test

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APPENDIX III : The Result of Product Moment Using the Raw-Score

Table

APPENDIX IV : Table Coefficient Correlation “r” Value Pearson Product

Moment

APPENDIX V : Listening Test

APPENDIX VI : Script of Listening Test

APPENDIX VII : The Answer Key of Listening Test

APPENDIX VIII : Reading Test

APPENDIX IX : The Answer Key of Reading Test

APPENDIX X : Documentation

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LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 : Characteristic of vocal expressions contained in ....... 13

the test of emotional sensitivity

Table 4.1 : The students’ score of listening test and reading test .. 26

Table 4.2 : The “r” product moment intrepretation table .............. 28

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