ABSTRACT

Destatama, Rizkhy. 2017. The Correlation between Watching English Movies

Habit and The Listening Achievement of The Freshmen Student At the
State University of Malang. Undergraduate Thesis, English Department,
Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang. Advisor: (I) Dr. Johannes
A. Prayogo, M.Pd., M.Ed, (II) Prof. Moh. Adnan Latief, Ma, Ph.D

Key Words: watching English movies, movie, listening skill, freshmen students,
habit

Learning a new language is a difficult process and the need for an effective
way to learn this language keeps increasing. Among many skills in learning
English listening is one of the most used ones, because listening is one of the two
receptive skills other than reading. However, students have difficulties in learning
the listening skill. With that condition, it is necessary to investigate the way
students learn this skill. Watching an English movie is one of the activities that
provide a great deal of an English exposure to the learner, thus investigating the
correlation of students’ habit of watching English movies and their listening
achievement is necessary. This study aimed at describing whether or not there is a
correlation between students’ habit of watching English movie and their
achievement in listening class.
This study used correlational research design. It is a quantitative research
design. This present study was conducted in the Universitas Negeri Malang. The
sampling technique of the present study is a random sampling. The total sample of
this research is 85 freshmen students, which is more than half of the population.
The data were collected using two instruments, questionnaire and the score sheet
from the lecturers. The questionnaire has been already tried out and validity tested
to make sure the instruments were good. The questionnaire was used to collect the
students’ habit degree whereas the score sheet was used to get the students’
listening achievement.
The result of this present study shows that there is a positive correlation
between watching English movie habit and the listening achievement of freshmen
student. The calculated value of correlation coefficient is 0.614, which can be
interpreted in strong positive correlation.
The result of this study provides a better insight for students, teachers, and
lecturers in Indonesia and a theoretical framework for a future researcher.
Furthermore, for future researchers may conduct a study on this topic with an
improved version of the questionnaire and broader population and a larger sample.

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