THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ TRANSLATION ABILITY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018/2019

Annisa, Firda and Zahrida, Zahrida and Hardiah, Mei (2019) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ TRANSLATION ABILITY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018/2019. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether there is a significant correlation between students’ translation ability and their reading comprehension at the sixth semester students in English Education Study Program of Universitas Bengkulu in academic year of 2018/2019. The research was designed as a quantitative correlation study. The population of the research was the students from the sixth semester of English Education Study Program. The samples were 38 students. The instrument of this research was reading comprehension test and translation test. The alternative hypothesis: There is a correlation between students’ translation ability and their reading comprehension. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment formula and using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16.00 to re-check the calculation from manual formula. The result of this research revealed that there is a correlation between students’ translation ability and their reading comprehension because the correlation coefficient is 0.423 in rather weak correlation categorized. Thus the alternative hypothesis is accepted. Then it concluded that reading comprehension contributes to the translation ability because to construct the meaning of words and to be able to translate properly, the students have to learn and comprehend the text. Keywords: Correlation, Translation Ability, Reading Comprehension

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