A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH

PROFICIENCY LEVEL AND STUDENTS’ AWARENESS IN

JOINING ENGLISH DEBATE CLUB

THESIS

By:

Ady Chandra

201110100311158

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLISH

PROFICIENCY LEVEL AND STUDENTS’ AWARENESS IN

JOINING ENGLISH DEBATE CLUB

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to archive

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

Ady Chandra

201110100311158

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All praises be to Allah SWT, the real researcher’s guide, who amazingly

and mysteriously guides her in the process of making this paper. Place and

solution are upon the greatest Prophet Muhammad SAW who set us to right way.

A big number of people contributed in this thesis, and I would like to

express my sincere thanks and appreciation to them all. Particularly, I would like

to express my gratitude to Bayu H. Wichaksono., M.Ed, Ph.D as the first advisor,

whose expertise, understanding, and patience, added considerably to my

experience. I appreciate his vast knowledge and skill in many areas and the

support in every step.

My deepest gratitude is also addressed to Jarum, M.Ed. as the second

advisor who always patient in correcting the sentences and the grammar. I should

not forget for the advice, suggestion and time, with the comments and

encouragements, the content of this thesis have improved.

My gratitude is also extended to all my lectures of English Department of

University of Muhammadiyah Malang and all the staff office that has transferred

much knowledge to me, for guidance, instruction and help during my study in this

university.

My great gratitude is devoted to my beloved parents, Burhanuddin, S.E.

and Ida Nur Santi, and laso my sister and my brothers, Mely Handayani, Doly

Indra, and Riyan Andani who always gives me prayer, support, attention,

guidance and encouragement suggestion and motivation. Who cannot forgotten is,

Devi Eka Maryati who always be there to support and remind me to be always on

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my track of my life plans. Least but not the last, my best friends, Rifky Rachman

Safri and Meyla Susana Ratih, my C’11 classmates, and all my UMM friends,

thank you very much for whole greater moments, tease, smile, support, sadness,

happiness, and everything that you have done to me. You all are my greatest

friends ever.

The researcher really hopes that this study will give contributions to the

educational world, especially for the English development of knowledge in the

future. The researcher also hopes that this study can be able to encourage the

reader to conduct future studies about learning English. Finally the researcher

hopes correction, suggestion and critics from the reader.

Malang, February 2016

The researcher,

Ady Chandra

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER .............................................................................................................

PAGE OF TITLE ............................................................................................. i

PAGE OF APPROVAL ................................................................................... ii

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ........................................................................... iii

DECLARATION .............................................................................................. iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................ v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................. vi

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. ix

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................... xi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of study .................................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the problem ............................................................................. 3

1.3 Purpose of the study ..................................................................................... 3

1.4 Significance of the study .............................................................................. 3

1.5 The scope and limitation .................................................................................. 4

1.6 Definition of key terms ................................................................................ 4

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Awareness .................................................................................................... 6

2.1.1 Definition of Awareness ..................................................................... 6

2.1.2 The Importance of Awareness ............................................................ 6

2.1.3 Functions of Awareness ...................................................................... 8

2.2 English Language Proficiency ..................................................................... 10

2.2.1 TAEP ................................................................................................... 11

2.3 English Debate Club ................................................................................... 12

2.2.1 Benefits of English Debate Club ......................................................... 12

2.4 Related Study .............................................................................................. 14

CHAPTER III RESEACH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ........................................................................................... 16

3.2 Data Collection............................................................................................. 17

3.2.1 Population ............................................................................................ 17

3.2.2 Research Instrument ............................................................................. 19

3.2.2.1 Questionnaire ............................................................................ 19

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3.2.2.2 Documentation .......................................................................... 20

3.2.3 Validity and Reability .......................................................................... 21

3.2.4 Procedure of Data Collection .............................................................. 22

3.3 Data Analysis ............................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Findings ........................................................................................ 24

4.1.1 Description of Data ............................................................................. 24

4.1.2 Finding of Descriptive Statistic ........................................................... 25

4.1.3 Finding of Correlation Analyses ......................................................... 26

4.2 Discussion .................................................................................................... 28

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion.................................................................................................... 30

5.2 Suggestions .................................................................................................. 31

REFERENCES .................................................................................................. 33

APPENDIXES

Appendix I : Band Scale of TAEP and Some Other Test / TAEP

Description ......................................................................... 36

Appendix II : Questionnaire of English Proficiency Level Relate

to Studets’ Awareness In Joining English Debate

Club .................................................................................... 37

Appendix III : Score Table of Questionnaires Items of Students’

Awareness in Joining Englilsh Debate Club ...................... 39

Appendix IV : Answered Questionnaire .................................................. 41

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 3.1: English Debate Club Population ....................................................... 18

Table 4.1: Descriptive Statistic of Students’Awareness .................................... 25

Table 4.2: Correlation Analyses of Students’ Awareness and

English Proficiency .......................................................................... 27

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