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 in doing the English trial test, 2) how is the students’ ability 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 of 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. 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 r_o > r_t that is 0,119 > 0.344. 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.

Key words: Correlation, English trial test, English national examination.