THE CORELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS IN INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE SUBJECT AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROSE SUBJECT

The objectives of this research were: (1) to find the students’ achievements in
Introduction to Literature subject, (2) to find the students’ achievements in ‘Prose’
subject, (3) to find out the correlation between both achievement. The design was
basically a correlational study. The population of this research was the students of the
English Department Universitas Bengkulu, who were first enrolled in the academic
years 1998/1999, 2000/2001, and 2003/2004, who had taken both courses. From the
result of the study, it can be concluded that: The students’ achievements in ITL who
first enrolled in the academic years 1998/1999, 2000/2001, and 2003/2004 were
good. The students’ achievements in Prose who first enrolled in the academic years
1998/1999, 2000/2001, and 2003/2004 were good. In the academic years 1998/1999
and 2003/2004, there was a high correlation between students’ achievements in ITL
and their achievements in Prose. In the academic year 2000/2001, there was a low
correlation between students’ achievements in ITL and their achievement in Prose.
There was a positive correlation between students’ achievements in ITL and the ones
in Prose. In the academic year 1999/1998, the correlation index was 0.729 and the
strength correlation was high. In the academic year 2000/2001, the correlation index
was 0.432 and the correlation was low. In the academic year 2003/2004, the
correlation index was 0.781 and the correlation was high.