FREQUENCY OF READING ENGLISHMATERIALS AND LISTENING ACHIEVEMENT :A descriptive study of the fifth semester students' frequencyof reading English materials correlated to their listening achievement at the English Department oflndonesia Universityof Education

• Main Author: Asep Hasbiyalloh Fuady, - (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2008-12.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Link Metadata
• Notes: http://repository.upi.edu/86916/1/S_ING_043729_Title.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/2/S_ING_043729_Chapter%201.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/3/S_ING_043729_Chapter%202.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/4/S_ING_043729_Chapter%203.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/5/S_ING_043729_Chapter%204.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/6/S_ING_043729_Chapter%205.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86916/7/S_ING_043729_Appendix.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General)

This study investigates a correlation between the frequency of reading English materials and listening achievement, involving 54 students of the fifth semester of English Department of Indonesia University of Education and using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Coefficient. Data were obtained from the questionnaire distributed to the students and the results of a listening test were administered by the department. Data from the questionnaire were then analyzed to investigate the students' frequency of reading English materials and other supporting information needed in analyzing its correlation with listening achievements. The result shows the correlation coefficient of 0.242 which is significant at the level of 0.05. This indicates, there is a relationship between the frequency of reading English materials and listening achievement amongst the participants, although the correlation is low. In other words, by having a high frequency of reading English materials students can probably have a good listening achievement. It is thus recommended that further study be conducted concerning the topic.