JournEEL (Journal of English Education and Literature)
Vol 1 No 2 (2019): JournEEL (Journal of English Education and Literature)

The Effect of Prior Knowledge of English at Elementary School on the Reading Ability of Junior High School Students

Roudhotul Hildayani (STKIP PGRI SIDOARJO)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Dec 2019

Abstract

This research is used quantitative method and the design used in this research was ex post facto. In collecting the data, the reseacher administer questionairre then share the reading test to the students. In analyzing the data, the reseacher used linear regression in SPSS 16.0.the result of this research shows that there is effect or influence between prior knowledge of english and reading ability. Based on the calculation linear reggresion, the gain of sig is 0.021 which is less than 0.05 . it mean s that prior knowledge of english at elementary school influence the reading ability of junior high school students. It can be concluded that the students who get prior knowledge of english at elementary school are having better reading ability than those who do not.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JournEEL

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

JournEEL is an English Education and Literature journal which is published twice a year in June and December. It presents articles on English education and literature. The aim of this journal is to accommodate the professional researchers of English education and literature who tend to publish their ...