INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION THROUGH READING

ONLINE NEWSPAPERS BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS AT

THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF IAIN PALANGKA

RAYA

THESIS

Presented to the Department of Language Education of the Faculty of

Teacher Training and Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka

Raya in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan

By

FIKA AYU SUDANI

SRN. 1201120832

STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF PALANGKA RAYA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION

ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

1438 H/2016 M

MOTTO

........

“The order to worship Allah and do not associate any thing with Him, and be

good to the parents....”

(Q.S An-Nisa (4): 36)

Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading Online

Newspapers by The Third Semester Students at The English Education

Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya

ABSTRACT

Incidental vocabulary acquisition means learners could acquire vocabulary

by paying their attention to other things, especially information carried on by the

language, and not to learn vocabulary technically. The objectives of the study are

(a) To measure the effect of reading online newspapers toward students’

vocabulary acquisition incidentally by the third semester students at the English

education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya and (b) To describe the third

semester students’ attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN

Palangka Raya towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through

reading English texts and online newspapers.

The researcher used quantitative method with quasi-experimental design.

The population of the study were the third semester students at the English

Education Study Program of IAIN Palangka Raya which consist of 45 students.

The researcher used clustering sampling in this study and took two classes as

control class and experiment class.

Then the researcher used Paired Simple T Test to analyze the data test and

the result showed that (a) there was significant effect of reading online

newspapers toward students’ vocabulary acquisition incidentally with tvalue was

higher than ttable (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ -(3.055)). (b) The third semester students had

positive attitudes at the English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya

towards learning words incidentally to acquire vocabulary through reading

English texts and online newspapers. Because of the mean score were for reading

English texts was 3.62-4.00 and for reading online newspapers was 3.46-4.15

classified into moderately agree to agree. Beside that, the students give positive

atitudes while reading process.

This study has the limited time, so for the future researcher should be

conduct the longer time in their research, because in the term of incidental

vocabulary acquisition and the students’ attitudes, the process is the important

one.

Key Words: Incidental Vocabulary, Vocabulary Acquisition, Incidental

Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading, Online newspaper.

Pemerolehan Kosakata Secara Tidak Disengaja Melalui Membaca

Koran Elektronik Oleh Mahasiswa Semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Ingris

IAIN Palangka Raya

ABSTRAK

Pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja maksudnya pelajar bisa

memperoleh kosakata dengan mereka memperhatikan pada hal yang lain,

khususnya informasi yang dibawa oleh bahasa, dan tidak untuk belajar kosakata

secara teknis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (a) untuk mengukur pengaruh dari

membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara

tidak disengaja oleh mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN

Palangka Raya dan (b) untuk menggambarkan cara berpikir atau perilaku

mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya terhadap

pembelajaran kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melalui

membaca teks Bahasa Inggris dan koran elektronik.

Peneliti menggunakan metode Kuantitatif dengan desain quasi-experiment.

Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah mashasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa

Inggris IAIN Palangka Raya yang terdiri dari 40 mahasiswa. Peneliti menggunaan

sampling kluster dalam penelitian ini dan mengambil dua kelas sebagai kelas

kontrol dan kelas experimen.

Kemudian peneliti menggunakan Paired Simple T Test untuk menganalisis

data test dan hasilnya menunjukakn bahwa (a) ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari

membaca koran elektronik terhadap pemerolehan kosakata mahasiswa secara

tidak disengaja dengan thitung lebih tinggi daripada ttabel (-(2.179) ≤ -6.150 ≥ -

(3.055)). (b) mahasiswa semester III Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IAIN Palangka

Raya memiliki cara piker atau perilaku yang positif terhadap pembelajaran

pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja untuk memperoleh kosakata melaui

membaca teks bahasa Inggris dan koran elekronik. Karena dari nilai rata-rata

adalah untuk membaca teks bahasa Inggris 3.62-4.00 dan untuk membaca koran

elektronik 3.46-4.15 tergolong ke sedang (netral) sampai setuju. Disamping itu,

mahasiswa juga memberikan cara pikir atau perilaku yang positif saat proses

membaca.

Penelitian ini memiliki waktu yang sangat singkat, jadi untuk peneliti

selanjutnya seharusnya menyediakan waktu yang lebih lama untuk penelitian

mereka, karena dalam hal pemerolehan kosakata secara tidak disengaja dan cara

pikir atau perilaku siswa, proses adalah yang paling penting.

Key Words: Incidental Vocabulary, Vocabulary Acquisition, Incidental

Vocabulary Acquisition, Reading, Online newspaper.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First of all, the researcher wishes to express her particular thanks to Allah

SWT. In this right chance, the researcher would like to give greatest thanks to:

1. Dr. Ibnu Elmi A.S Pelu. SH, M.H, as a Rector of State Islamic Institute of

Palangka Raya for his direction and permission of conducting this thesis.

2. Drs. Fahmi, M.Pd, as the Dean of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher

Training the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya (IAIN), for his direction

and encouragement.

3. Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jennah, M. Pd, as the Vice Dean I of Faculty of Teacher

Training Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya, for her

agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing

this thesis.

4. Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the Chair of Department of Language Education, for

her agreement so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this

thesis.

5. M. Zaini Miftah, M.Pd, as the chief of English Education Study Program, for

his permission so that the writer can complete the requirements of writing this

thesis.

6. Santi Erliana, M.Pd, as the first advisor, for her advice, suggestions,

motivation, and encouragement in conducting research and compiling this

thesis.

7. Aris Sugianto, M.Pd, as the second advisor for his advice, suggestions,

motivation, and encouragement in conducting and compiling this thesis.

8. Last, all of my friends of English Department Students in academic year of

2012/ 2013 who always share, support, and help in conducting research and

also the third semester students.

Greatest thanks are also addressed to my parents who always support, pray,

suggestions, and their affections sincerely to the researcher’s effort in

accomplishing this study.

The researcher realizes that the study is still far from the perfectness,

therefore some constructive critical and suggestions are welcomed. Finally, may

Allah always blesses us.

Palangka Raya, November, 2016

The Researcher,

FIKA AYU SUDANI

SRN.1201120832

TABLE OF CONTENTS

................................................................................................................................. Page

COVER PAGE ................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL OF THE THESIS ADVISORY COMMITE .............................. ii

PERSETUJUAN SKRIPSI .............................................................................. iii

OFFICIAL NOTE ............................................................................................ iv

NOTA DINAS ................................................................................................. v

LEGALIZATION OF THE THESIS EXAMINING COMMITTEE .............. vi

DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICATION ................................................... vii

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

ABSTRAK ....................................................................................................... ix

MOTTO .......................................................................................................... x

ACKNOWLEDMENTS .................................................................................. xi

DEDICATION ................................................................................................. xiii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. xiv

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................... xvi

LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................... xvii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................... xviii

LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................. xix

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

A. Background of Study ..................................................... 1

B. Problems of Study .......................................................... 5

C. Objectives of the Study .................................................. 6

D. Significances of the Study ............................................. 6

E. Variables of the Study .................................................. 7

F. Hypotheses of the Study ............................................... 7

G. Definition of Key Terms ............................................... 9

H. Scope and Limitation of the Study ............................... 10

I. Assumption of the Study ............................................... 11

J. Frame of Discussion ...................................................... 11

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

A. Previous Studies ............................................................. 13

B. Attitude .......................................................................... 17

C. Vocabulary ..................................................................... 19

1. Nature of Vocabulary ............................................... 19

2. Kinds of Vocabulary ................................................ 20

3. The Importance of Vocabulary ................................ 21

4. Vocabulary Strategy ................................................. 22

5. Vocabulary Assessment ........................................... 23

D. Reading .......................................................................... 26

1. Nature of Reading .................................................... 26

2. The Importance of Reading ..................................... 26

E. Newspaper ..................................................................... 27

1. Definition of Newspaper .......................................... 27

2. The Importance of Using Newspapers in the

Classroom ................................................................ 28

3. Access to Newspapers ............................................. 32

F. Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition ................................ 34

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Type ............................................................... 37

B. Research Design ............................................................ 38

C. Population and Sample .................................................. 40

D. Time and Place .............................................................. 41

E. Research Instruments ..................................................... 42

1. Research Instruments ............................................... 42

a. Test .................................................................... 42

b. Questionnaire .................................................... 44

2. Research Instruments Tryout ................................... 46

F. Research Instruments Reliability ................................... 46

G. Research Instrument Validity ........................................ 49

H. Data Collection Procedures ........................................... 53

I. Data Analysis ................................................................. 54

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

A. Description of the Data .................................................. 59

B. Result of data Analysis .................................................. 65

C. Discussion ...................................................................... 80

CHAPTER V: CLOSING

A. Conclusion ..................................................................... 83

B. Suggestion ...................................................................... 84

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

LATTERS

CURRICULUM VITAE

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE Page

Table 3.1 The Describution of Experiment Research Class ...................................... 39

Table 3.2 The Number of the Third Semester Students .............................................. 40

Table 3.3 Penguin Series of Graded Readers .............................................................. 43

Table 3.4 Scoring Rubric ............................................................................................ 43

Table 3.5 Words Level Scale ...................................................................................... 44

Table 3.6 Criteria of Reliability .................................................................................. 48

Table 3.7 Content Specification of Item Test ............................................................. 49

Table 3.8 Coefficient Correlation Interpretation ......................................................... 53

Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-Test and Post Test Scores .............................................. 59

Table 4.2 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words

through Reading English Texts ................................................................................... 60

Table 4.3 The Result of Questionnaire about Attitudes towards Acquisition Words

through Reading Online Newspapers ......................................................................... 62

Table 4.4 Pre-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class .................................... 65

Table 4.5 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ........................................................ 66

Table 4.6 Frequency Distribution of the Pre-test ........................................................ 69

Table 4.7 Post-Test Score of Experimental and Control Class ................................... 71

Table 4.8 Frequency Distribution of the Post-test ...................................................... 73

Table 4.9 Frequency Distribution of the Post-test ...................................................... 75

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURES Page

Figure 3.1 The Students’ Attitudes Position ............................................................... 46

Figure 4.1 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class pre-test score ............... 67

Figure 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Control Class pre-test score ..................... 69

Figure 4.3 The Frequency Distribution of Experiment Class post-test score ............. 73

Figure 4.4 The Frequency Distribution of Control Class post-test score .................... 76

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

IVA : Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition

L1 : First Language

L2 : Second Language

IAIN : Institute Agama Islam Negeri

EFL : English Foreign Language

C : Class C (experiment class)

B : Class B (control class)

Q : Questionnaire

STDEV : Standard Deviation

DP : Discrimination Power

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 : Research Schedule and Students’ Code Name

Appendix 2 : Try Out Results

Appendix 3 : Course Outline and Lesson Plan

Appendix 4 : Research Instrument

Appendix 5 : The Students’ Pre-Test & Post Test Scores

Appendix 6 : The values of Ttable, X2 table, 0-Z table, rtable

Appendix 7 : Documentation (present list & pictures)

Appendix 8 : Permission Letters

CURRICULUM VITAE

Fika Ayu Sudani is the third child and also the first daugther of Mr. Suroto and

Mrs. Leginah. She was born on June 2nd

, 1994

in Banyuwangi, East Java. She has three

brothers, two elder brothers and one younger

brother.

She started his study in SDN 1 Sambirejo and

graduated on 2006. She continued her study at

SMPN 1 Cluring and graduated on 2009.

Afterwards, she continued her study at SMAN 1

Gambiran and graduated on 2012.

In 2012, she desired to continue her study to the university level . And finally she

choose English Education Study Program (TBI) as her major and choose STAIN

Palangka Raya as the next place. Finally in the end, she could finish her study on

November, 2016.

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