HUBUNGAN ANTARA KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMANudDAN SIKAP BAHASA DENGAN KEMAMPUANudMENGAPRESIASI CERITA PENDEKud(Sebuah Survei di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Se–Gugus YudistiraudKecamatan Selogiri Kabupaten Wonogiri)

摘要

M. Fahrudin. S 840208112. The Correlation between the Ability of ReadingudComprehension, Language Attitude and the Ability of Short Story Appreciation atudElementary School Students In Gugus Yudistira, Selogiri Wonogiri. Thesis:udSurakarta: Indonesian Education Study Program, Post Graduate Program, SebelasudMaret University. June 2009.udThis research aimed to determine the correlation between (1) the ability ofudreading comprehension and the ability of short story appreciation, (2) languageudattitude and the ability of short story appreciation, and (3) both the ability ofudreading comprehension and language attitude together and the ability of shortudstory appreciation.udThe research was carried out at elementary schools in Gugus YudistiraudSelogiri Wonogiri, from January to June 2009. The research method used wasuddescriptive of correlational. The population of the research were the elementaryudschool students in Gugus Yudistira Selogiri Wonogiri. The sample consisted ofud120 students who were taken by using simple random sampling. The instrumentsudused for data collection were: test for the ability of reading comprehension, testudfor the ability of short story appreciation; and questionary for language attitude.udThe technique used for analyzing the data was the statistical technique ofudregression and correlation.udThe result of the study shows that: (1) there is a positive correlationudbetween the ability of reading comprehension and the ability of short storyudappreciationud(r y1 = .87 at the level of significance α = .05 with N = 120udwhere rt = .18); (2) there is a positive correlation between language attitude andudthe ability of short story appreciation (r y2 = .78 at the level of significance α =ud.05 with N = 120 whereudrt = .18; (3) there is a positive correlation betweenudboth the ability of reading comprehension and language attitude together and theudability of short story appreciation (R y. 12 = .86 at the level of significance α = .05udwithudN =120 where rt = .18).udThe above results show that both the ability of reading comprehensionudand language attitude simultaneously give significant contribution to the ability ofudshort story appreciation .It means that both variables could be good predictors forudthe ability of short story appreciation.udThe analysis also indicates that the correlation between the ability ofudreading comprehension and the ability of short story appreciation is stronger thanudthat language attitude and the ability of short story appreciation. It means that theudability of reading comprehension be considered a better predictor for the ability ofudshort story appreciation than language attitude. Consequently, the teacher shouldudpay more attention to the ability of reading comprehension than the other aspect --ud- language attitude --- in improving short story appreciation class.