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A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN

ENGLISH GRAMMAR MASTERY AND TRANSLATION SKILL

FROM INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH

(A Study Correlation at Sixth Semester Students in University of

Muhammadiyah Purwokerto Academic Year 2013/2014)

A Thesis

Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirement for S.Pd. Degree

By:

YUDHI EKA PRABOWO HERIYANTO

1001050081

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO

2014

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APPROVAL

Title : A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN ENGLISH

GRAMMAR MASTERY AND TRANSLATION SKILL FROM

INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH

Name : YUDHI EKA PRABOWO HERIYANTO

NIM : 1001050081

Faculty : Teacher Training and Education

Department : English

Supervisor : Drs. Arif Hertanto,M.Pd

Approved By:

Supervisor

Drs. Arif Hertanto,M.Pd

NIP. 19590404 198812 1 001

A Correlational Study Between..., Yudhi Eka Prabowo Heriyanto, FKIP UMP, 2014

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LEGALIZATION


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STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP


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MOTTO

“Keep living forever in the temporary life”

(Yudhi Eka P.H)

“We have no right to choose what will be given to us but we

have right to defend what has been given to us”

(Adam Frankeinstein)

“No dreams too big and no dreamers too small”

(Guy Gagne)


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DEDICATION

My beloved mother (Ibu Eni Yusri Haryanti)

(Thank you for your praying, guidance, and firmness)

My beloved father (Bapak Sunaryo)

(Thank you for your support, praying and care)

My beloved brother (Pamungkas Wahyu Dwiyanto)

(Thank you for your support)

My true and loyal friends (Rezki Kartika Kurniaji and

Gayu Toga Prasetya) thank you very much, you woke me

up.

My comrades in English Department (Thank you for the

unforgettable experience)

All my friends in University of Muhammadiyah

Purwokerto (Thank youfor the friendship)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT


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Assalamu‟alaikumWr. Wb.

Alhamdulillahirobil‟alamin. First, a deep gratitude is given to Allah SWT

for His blessing and guidance, so that this thesis could be finished. This is

submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to get S.Pd. Degree at English

Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of University of

Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.

The writer wishes to express his great appreciation and gratitude to:

1. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd.,as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty at University of Muhammadiyah of Purwokerto.

2. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum., as the Head of English Departement of Teacher

Training and Education Faculty at University of

MuhammadiyahPurwokerto.

3. Drs. Arif Hertanto, M.Pd., as the Supervisor who had guidedwisely and

patiently during making process of the thesis.

4. Sixth semester students of English Department of University of

Muhammadiya Purwokerto academic year 2013/2014 as the participants.


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Finally, the writer realizes that this thesis is still far from perfection.

Therefore, the writer would appreciate gladly to get constructive, criticisms and

also suggestions from the readers. The writer hopes that this thesis will give

valuable things especially for educational field and also those who are interested.

Purwokerto,July 2014

The writer


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ABSTRACT

A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN

ENGLISH GRAMMAR MASTERY AND TRANSLATION SKILL

FROM INDONESIAN TO ENGLISH

By:

YUDHI EKA PRABOWO HERIYANTO

1001050081

This research was aimed to find out the correlation between English

grammar mastery and translation skill from Indonesian to English. It used

correlational descriptive research which was conducted in English department of

University of Muhammadiya Purwokerto academic year 2013/2014. The subjects

of this research were 34 students of sixth semester of English department of

University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. This research used test as data

collection. The test was divided into two tests, first test was English grammar test

and the second test was translation test. Then to analyze the data, this research

used quantitative data, score test to know the value of each variable, mean,

validity, reliability, product moment correlation and df formula.

The calculation showed some results. First, the students‟ grammar mastery

was in good category with 80.73. Second, the students‟ translation skill was in

good category with 71.05. Third, the correlation showed that the value of rxy was

0.77. Then, the r table value of 5% significance and N=34 was 0.34. therefore, the

rxy > r table with 0.77 > 0.34. In conclusion, there was a positive and significant

correlation between English grammar mastery and translation skill from

Indonesian to English.


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TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ................................................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ...................................................................................................................... ii

LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................................ iii

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ................................................................................. iv

MOTTO ............................................................................................................................ v

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... ix

TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................................... x

LIST OF TABLE .............................................................................................................. xii

LIST OF FIGURE ............................................................................................................ xiii

LIST OF CHART .............................................................................................................. xiv

LIST OF APPENDIX ....................................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Research ..................................................................................... 1

B. Reason for Choosing the Topic ................................................................................. 5

C. Statement of the Problems ......................................................................................... 6

D. Aim of the Research .................................................................................................. 6

F. Clarification of Term ................................................................................................ 7

G. Contribution of the Research .................................................................................... 8

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW

A. English Grammar

1. Definition .......................................................................................................................... 9

2. Discussion......................................................................................................................... 10

1) Noun ............................................................................................................................ 11

2) Pronoun ....................................................................................................................... 12

3) Verb ............................................................................................................................. 14

4) Auxiliaries ................................................................................................................... 14

5) Adjectives .................................................................................................................... 16

6) Articles ........................................................................................................................ 16

7) Adverbs ....................................................................................................................... 17

8) Prepositions ................................................................................................................. 18

9) Conjunctions ................................................................................................................ 21

10) Sentences, Clauses And Phrase ................................................................................ 22

11) Tenses ....................................................................................................................... 28

B. Translation

1. Definition .......................................................................................................................... 31

2. Translation Principles ....................................................................................................... 33

3. Processes in Translation ................................................................................................... 34


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4. Meaning in Translation ..................................................................................................... 34

C. Testing .................................................................................................................................... 40

1. Grammar Testing ............................................................................................................... 40

2. Translation Testing ............................................................................................................ 41

D. Basic Assumption .................................................................................................................. 42

E. Hypothesis .............................................................................................................................. 42

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Method of the Research ......................................................................................................... 43

B. Place and Time of the Research ............................................................................................ 43

C. Subject of the Research ......................................................................................................... 44

D. Method of Collecting Data ..................................................................................................... 45

E. Procedure of the Research ...................................................................................................... 45

F. Technique of Analyzing Data ................................................................................................. 46

CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION

A. Result ..................................................................................................................................... 53

B. Discussion ............................................................................................................................. 59

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 63

B. Suggestion ............................................................................................................................. 64

REFERENCES

APPENDIX


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LIST OF TABLE

Table 2.1 Noun Clause ....................................................................................................... 25

Table 3.2 Criterion of Grammar Mastery Percentage ......................................................... 46

Table 3.3 Computation of Translation Skill ........................................................................ 47

Table 3.4 Criterion of Translation Skill Percentage ............................................................ 48

Table 3.5 Criterion of Product Moment Correlation ........................................................... 49

Table 3.6 Criterion of Test Reliability ................................................................................ 52


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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure 2.1 Influences of Grammar ...................................................................................... 10

Figure 2.2 Translation Process ............................................................................................ 35


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LIST OF CHART

Chart 4.1 English Grammar Mastery Result ....................................................................... 54

Chart 4.2 Translation Skill Result ....................................................................................... 55

Chart 4.3 Mean of Mastery ................................................................................................. 57


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LIST OF APPENDIX

Appendix 1 : Instrument

Appendix 2 : Validity

Appendix 3 : Reliability

Appendix 4 : Mastery Scores

Appendix 5 : Table-r


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