A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE RESULT OF ENGLISH TRIAL TEST AND ENGLISH NATIONAL EXAMINATION AT MTs AL-FATAH SIDOMORO KEBUMEN OF THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The thesis is intended to know 1) how is the students’ ability of ninth grade students of Mts Al-fatah Sidomoro Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013 in doing the English trial test, 2) how is the students’ ability of in ninth grade students of Mts Al-fatah sidomoro Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013 in doing the English of national examinations, and 3) correlation between the Result of English Trial Test and the English of National Examinations. This research belonged to correlation study. The respondents were 33 students in ninth grade students of Mts Al-fatah sidomoro Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013. They were taken by using saturated sampling. In collecting data, the researcher used document. The document was used to know the result of English trial test and English national examination. This research was conducted on students in ninth grade students of Mts Al-fatah sidomoro Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013. Based on the computation of Pearson correlation product moment, the data was calculated both by manually and by SPSS program version 16. Based on the computation, the researcher found three things. First, the mean of the result of English trial test was 42,36, and it can be categorized as fairly sufficient. Second, the mean of the result of English national examination was 60,09, and it can be categorized as sufficient. Third, there is no a positive and significant correlation between the Result of English Trial Test and the English of National Examinations that is 0.119. The computation shows that robtained is lower than rtable (ro > rt) that is 0,119 > 0.433. Then, to give an interpretation on the level of coefficient found, the researcher calculated orientation on the interpretation of the coefficient correlation in table (r) 0,119 is include in 0,00-0,199 (very low) and it was included in the very low correlation