THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS TRANSLATION ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is significant correlation between students translation ability and reading comprehension. This was quantitative research applied ex post facto designs. The population of this study was the first grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Trimurjo. The researcher used sample that consist of 30 students. The instruments of this research were translation and reading comprehension test. The data collected were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS 16.0. The test result showed that coefficient correlation of students translation and their reading comprehension is 0.724 at the significant level of 0.01. It can be concluded that there is significant correlation between students translation ability and their reading comprehension.
Key words: correlation, reading comprehension, translation
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