Ilma Febiastuti (2011) THE CONTRIBUTION OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE TOWARD READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KUNDUR KARIMUN REGENCY. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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Abstract

In this research, the researcher found that the students of SMAN 1 Kundur, Karimun regency still had problem in their reading comprehension. Besides, this school used KTSP as a curriculum to teaching learning process and every teacher was experienced in teaching learning English. Nevertheless, in the real condition showed that many students have low ability in comprehending the reading text. The main purpose of this research is to find out whether there is any significant contribution between background knowledge and reading comprehension at the second year students of SMAN 1 Kundur Karimun Regency or not. The subject of this research was the second year students of SMAN 1 Kundur, Karimun Regency. The total of the population was 154 students consist of 5 classes. In this research the researcher took 20% from each class, they are 30 students as a sample. In choosing the sample the researcher used proportional random sampling. The object of this study was to identify how is students Background Knowledge, how is students reading comprehension and is there any significant contribution between background knowledge and reading comprehension. In collecting the data, the researcher used test. Then in analyzing the data the researcher used Simple Regression by using SPSS version 17. After conducting the research, analyzing, and calculating the data, the result showed that the coefficient score is 0.000 which is lower that 0.05, it means that Alternative Hypothesis is accepted. And the coefficient correlation was 0.818, which categorized into good category and the contribution of background knowledge toward reading comprehension 66.9%. The conclusion is there was positive significant contribution between Background Knowledge and Reading Comprehension at the second year students of SMAN 1 Kundur Karimun Regency.

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