COMPARING LOW AND HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY STUDENTS AND THEIR READING PERFORMANCE

Ayu Pratiwi, Ag. Bambang Setiyadi, Muhammad Sukirlan

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan perbedaan signifikan antara siswa dengan tingkat rendah kekhawatiran dan tingkat tinggi kekhawatiran terhadap prestasi membaca siswa. Sejumlah 24 siswa dari kelas XI MIA 3 dipilih sebagai kelas sampel. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah ex-post facto perihal penelitian komparasi. Alat pengumpulan datanya adalah tes Reading Anxiety dan Reading Performance. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai perbandingan t-value lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan nilai kritis darit-table(7.136>2.074). Pengujian dua arah signifikan untuk varian yang sama menunjukkan 0.000<0.05. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan dari prestasi membaca siswa antara tingkat tinggi dan tingkat rendah kekhawatiran.Hal itu berarti bahwa siswa dengan tingkat tinggi kekhawatiran dapat berpengaruh negatif terhadap prestasi kemampuan membaca.


The objective of this study was to find out whether there was a significant difference of reading performance between the students of lower level of anxiety and those of higher level of anxiety. Twenty four students of XI MIA 3 were selected as the sample class of this research. An ex-post-facto design was used in terms of comparative study. The instruments wereForeign Language Reading Anxiety questionnaire test (FLRA) andReading Performance test. The results of calculation showed that t-ratio was higher than t-table (7.136>2.074). The two tail significance for equal variances showed that 0.000<0.05. It can be concluded that there was a significant difference of reading performance between higher level students and lower level students based on anxiety. It implies that higher students level of anxiety can impact negatively on their reading performance ability.


Keywords: reading anxiety, reading performance, reading


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