THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING LEGEND STORIES AND WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 GONDANG TULUNGAGUNG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016
Abstract
Reading legend story as a kind of narrative text can be an activity in reading.
Narrative is one of important text to learn. Basically using legend story will make
student more effective to make narrative text, whereas narrative text consists of
folktale. The legend is a narrative produced and transmitted orally or in writing, about
a single, extraordinary, supernatural, or marvelous, true or fictitious, believed or
slighted, often dated/localized event (experience), brought up with didactic or
entertaining intent; it serves to confirm, or expand the experiential horizon of the
recipient and confirm or question a momentarily valid conception of the world.
Legend story is kind of narrative text. The purpose of the study is to know whether or
not there is any correlation between Reading Legend Stories and Writing Narrative
Text at Ninth Grade Students.
The method of this study an experimental inquiry is seen as the most
appropriate approach in determining whether co-operative learning positively affects
the test results of the Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Gondang Tulungagung.
Because r counts more than r product moment tables (0.462 > 0,206). Based on the
calculations can be concluded that test is valid. Based on the calculations can be
concluded that test is reliable because the reliability score bigger than alpha target or
0.630 > 0, 6. Because r counts more than r product moment tables (0 630 > 0,6).
After all of the data were analyzed accurately based on the research, now the
researcher can draw some conclusion. The r table n= 34 with α = 5% is 0.462. Based
on the calculations can be concluded that test is valid. Because r counts more than r
product moment tables (0.462 > 0,206).
Based on the research analysis as explained above, the researcher concluded
that there is any correlation between Reading Legend Stories and Writing Narrative
Text at Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Gondang Tulungagung Result of this
research will be useful for the English students, English teachers and other
researchers: For the Students, Based on the result the researcher hope students will
able to use reading legend story to make writing narrative text more interesting while
student ability of reading legend stories increase writing narrative text. For the
English teachers. Result of this research hope can contribute to English teacher who
will be able to improve his/her English teaching method and techniques especially
using legend story in improve students writing ability in writing narrative text. For
the Other reseachers.
Keyword: Correlation, reading, Legend Stories, Narrative Text
Narrative is one of important text to learn. Basically using legend story will make
student more effective to make narrative text, whereas narrative text consists of
folktale. The legend is a narrative produced and transmitted orally or in writing, about
a single, extraordinary, supernatural, or marvelous, true or fictitious, believed or
slighted, often dated/localized event (experience), brought up with didactic or
entertaining intent; it serves to confirm, or expand the experiential horizon of the
recipient and confirm or question a momentarily valid conception of the world.
Legend story is kind of narrative text. The purpose of the study is to know whether or
not there is any correlation between Reading Legend Stories and Writing Narrative
Text at Ninth Grade Students.
The method of this study an experimental inquiry is seen as the most
appropriate approach in determining whether co-operative learning positively affects
the test results of the Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Gondang Tulungagung.
Because r counts more than r product moment tables (0.462 > 0,206). Based on the
calculations can be concluded that test is valid. Based on the calculations can be
concluded that test is reliable because the reliability score bigger than alpha target or
0.630 > 0, 6. Because r counts more than r product moment tables (0 630 > 0,6).
After all of the data were analyzed accurately based on the research, now the
researcher can draw some conclusion. The r table n= 34 with α = 5% is 0.462. Based
on the calculations can be concluded that test is valid. Because r counts more than r
product moment tables (0.462 > 0,206).
Based on the research analysis as explained above, the researcher concluded
that there is any correlation between Reading Legend Stories and Writing Narrative
Text at Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Gondang Tulungagung Result of this
research will be useful for the English students, English teachers and other
researchers: For the Students, Based on the result the researcher hope students will
able to use reading legend story to make writing narrative text more interesting while
student ability of reading legend stories increase writing narrative text. For the
English teachers. Result of this research hope can contribute to English teacher who
will be able to improve his/her English teaching method and techniques especially
using legend story in improve students writing ability in writing narrative text. For
the Other reseachers.
Keyword: Correlation, reading, Legend Stories, Narrative Text