THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRAMMAR ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION ON FOURTH SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS IN YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

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The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a positive and significant relationship between grammar ability in terms of: subject – predicate construction, noun phrase understanding and word recognition and reading comprehension ability partially and in aggregate among fourth semester students of English Education Department in Yogyakarta State University in the academic year of 2012/2013.
This type of this research was non-experimental research study or in other words ex-post facto research. The steps of this research include instrument try-out test and tests. The population of this research was 113 students, and the researcher took 30 students for the research instrument try-out. Meanwhile, in taking sample, it tested 86 students. The research involved quantitative data. It was obtained by instrument try out and a test. To get trustworthiness, the research not only applied validity and reliability test but also used data analysis techniques which consisted of descriptive and inferential analyses.
From the actions conducted, it is concluded that there is a positive and significant relationship between grammar ability and reading ability partially in terms of: subject – predicate construction, in which the r0 (r-obtained = 0.362) which is higher than the rt (r-table = 0.213) at the level of significance of 5 %; noun phrase understanding and reading comprehension ability, in which by the r0 (r-obtained = 0.571) which is higher than the rt (r-table = 0.213) at the level of significance of 5 %, and word recognition and reading comprehension ability in which the r0 (r-obtained = 0.547) which is higher than the rt (r-table = 0.213) at the level of significance of 5 %. The data also proved that there is a positive and significant correlation between subject predicate construction ability, noun phrase understanding and word recognition ability in aggregate with reading comprehension ability, in which the r0 (r-obtained = 0.540) which is higher than the rt (r-table = 0.213) at the level of significance of 5 %.

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