READING COMPREHENSION BY USING CLOZE TEST AND C-TEST AT SIXTH SEMESTER STKIP PGRI BANJARMASIN: COMPARATIVE STUDY THESIS BY AHMAD WAHYUDI 1201240788 ANTASARI STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES 2016 A.D/1438 H
READING COMPREHENSION BY USING CLOZE TEST AND C-TEST AT SIXTH SEMESTER STKIP PGRI BANJARMASIN: COMPARATIVE STUDY THESIS Presented to Antasari State Institute for Islamic Studies Banjarmasin In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Sarjana in English Language Education by Ahmad Wahyudi 1201240788 ANTASARI STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES FACULTY OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHERS TRAINING ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2016 A.D/1438 H
MOTTO YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD WITH YOUR HEART
DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this thesis to: My great and beloved parents, who always pray, love, support and give me advices for success in my life. Thank you for giving me the real meaning of sincerity. Thank you for all of my family who always give me the greatest motivation to pass in this college. Thank you for everything you have done for me. My Boarding house friend (my roommate Syaifuddin) thank you for your helping. You are my best friend. Thank you for all of my lecturers who are never bored to teach me. Especially my advisors Mr. Dr. Ridha Fadillah, M.Ed and Mrs. Raida Asfihana, M.Pd who never bored to give me some advice and suggestions in finishing this thesis. Thank you for all of my friends (PBI 2012 class A, B, C, and D) especially. Thank you all for our friendship. I love you all.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT بسما هلل ا لرحمن الر حيم ا لحمد اهلل ر ب العا لمين. الصالةوالسالم على اشرف اآلنبياء والمرسلين سيدناومولنامحمدوعلى اله وصحبه أجمعين امابعد. Praise to be Allah the Almighty who has been giving me guidance till the writer finished this thesis entitled Reading Comprehension by Using Cloze Test and C-Test at Sixth Semester STKIP-PGRI Banjarmasin Comparative Study. Peace and salutation always be upon Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H and all his friends who struggle for Allah. The writer would like to express appreciation and gratitude to 1. Dr. Hidayat Ma ruf, M.Pd as the dean of Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training of Antasari State Institute for Islamic Studies and all his staff for their help in the administrative matters. 2. Drs. Sa adillah, as the head of English Department for the assistance and motivation. 3. My thesis advisor, Dr.Ridha Fadhillah, M.Ed as the first advisor and Raida Asfihana, M.Pd, as the second advisor for the advices, suggestions and corrections. 4. My academic advisor, Rahmila Murtiana, MA for the guidance and encouragement. 5. All lecturers and assistants in Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training for the priceless knowledge.
6. All of the second semester students of English Department in IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin who have been as the samples of this thesis 7. All of my friends who always help and give me motivation to finish this thesis. Finally, the writer hopes that this research will be useful for the next researchers. The writer admits that this research paper is not perfect yet. Therefore, suggestion will be expected to make it better. Banjarmasin, Muharram 1438 H October, 2016 A.D The Writer
CONTENTS Page COVER PAGE... LOGO PAGE... TITLE PAGE... STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY... APPROVAL... VALIDATION... ABSTRACT... ABSTRAK... MOTTO... DEDICATION... ACKNOWLEDGMENT... CONTENTS... LIST OF TABLES... LIST OF APPENDICES... i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xiii xv xvi CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of Study... 1 B. Statements of problems... 5 C. Objectives of Study... 5 D. Limitation of Study... 6 E. Significances of Study... 7 F. Hypotheses... 8 G. Definition of Key Terms... 8 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW A. Reading... 10 B. Reading Comprehension... 13 C. Test... 15 D. Testing Reading... 18 E. Cloze Test... 22 F. C-Test... 25 G. Analytical Construct... 27 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD A. Research Design... 28 B. Research Setting... 28 C. Population and Sample... 29 D. Research Instruments... 29 E. Techniques of Data Analysis... 29 F. Data Analysis... 30
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION A. Findings... 37 1. Description of Data... 37 2. Data Analysis... 38 B. Discussion... 51 CHAPTER V CLOSURE A. Conclusion... 55 B. Suggestions... 56 REFERENCES APPENDICES CURRICULUM VITAE
List of Tables Table 3.1 Tests Parametric and Non Parametric Table 4.1 Frequency Distribution of Students Cloze Test Scores Table 4.2 Analysis of Students Cloze Test Scores Table 4.3 Frequency Distribution of Students C-Test Scores Table 4.4 Analysis of Students C-Test Scores Table 4.5 Result of Normality Table 4.6 Result of Homogeneity Table 4.7 Distribution table of students ranks of cloze test and C-test by calculated the data using Wilcoxon-signed test
List of Appendices Appendix 1. List of Translation Appendix 2. Questions for Cloze Test Appendix 3. Answer key Cloze Test Appendix 4. Questions for C-Test Appendix 5. Answer key C-Test Appendix 6. The Result of Cloze Test and C-Test Appendix 7. Result of Cloze Test and C-Test by Categorization criteria Appendix 8. Test Homogeneity of Cloze Test and C-Test Appendix 9. Test Normality of Cloze Test and C-Test Appendix 10. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Appendix 11. Test Statistics Appendix 12. Table Kolmogorov-Smirnov Appendix 13. Table Z Appendix 14. Description about STKIP PGRI Banjarmasin Appendix 15. Surat Persetujuan Judul Appendix 16. Surat Keterangan Telah Melakukan Seminar Appendix 17. Surat Rekomendasi Untuk Melaksanakan Riset Appendix 18. Catatan Konsultasi Bimbingan Skripsi