This document presents a study that investigated the correlation between students' phonemic awareness and reading comprehension. The study aimed to examine students' phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, and the relationship between the two. It used a correlation research method with an ex post facto design. The results found a high positive correlation between students' phonemic awareness test scores and their reading comprehension test scores, supporting the hypothesis that there is a link between these two variables.

1. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN
STUDENTS’ PHONEMIC
AWARENESS AND THEIR
READING COMPREHENSION
BY : AGUNG DIAH WULANDARI
031110037

2. I. INTRODUCTION
A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
• In learning English, students do not only learn the four language skills,
but also some aspects of linguistic knowledge (PhonemicAwareness).
• Reading comprehension is important to master. It helps students
comprehend the text.
B. Reasons for choosing thE topic
• There are no phonemes in Bahasa Indonesia
•Reading requires the students to be able to decode symbols

3. C. THE AIMS OF THE RESEARCH
1. To investigate students’ phonemic awareness
2. To investigate students’ reading comprehension
3. To investigate whether there is a correlation between students’ phonemic
awareness and their reading comprehension.
D. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Is there a correlation between students’ phonemic awareness and their
reading comprehension?
E. HYPOTHESIS
There is a positive correlation between students’ phonemic awareness and
their reading comprehension (Ha).
F. LIMITATION OF THE PROBLEM
– Phonemic awareness test is limited on words that are consisted in the
reading comprehension text.
– Reading comprehension is limited on the students’ ability in answering
TOEFL text questions.

4. II. THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
A. PHONEMES
“Phonemes are sounds that distinguish words”.
Murcia et al (2007: 37)
B. PHONEMIC AWARENESS
“Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and
manipulate the individual sounds within words”.
Shanahan (2006: 6)

5. C. READING
“Reading is the ability to draw meaning from printed
page and interpret this information appropriately”.
Grabe and Stoller (2002: 3)
D. READING COMPREHENSION
“Reading comprehension is the act of understanding
and interpreting the information within a text”.
Shanahan (2006: 28)

6. III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN
• RESEARCH METHOD: Correlation Method
• RESEARCH DESIGN: Ex Post Facto Design
Tx Ty
Tx : Students’ phonemic awareness
Ty: Students’ reading comprehension

7. B. POPULATION AND SAMPLE
C. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
D. RESEARCH PROCEDURE
Giving a test of variable
x
Having the data of
variable x
Having the data of
variable y
Calculating both data using
Pearson-Product Moment
formula
Making a conclusion
Giving a test of variable
y

8. E. DATA ANALYSIS
1. Scoring the students’ phonemic awareness
2. Scoring the students’ reading comprehension
3. Calculating the mean
4. Calculating the degree of freedom
5. Calculating the correlation coefficient value

9. IV. RESEARCH FINDING AND
DISCUSSION
Research Finding
Data Analysis:
ΣN= 119
ΣX= 9412
ΣY= 7760
ΣX2= 752752
ΣY2= 518400
ΣXY= 621540
Calculating the Mean:
x= 79.09
y= 65.21
Calculating the
Correlation
Coefficient:
rxy= 0.766
Hypothesis Testing:
0.05= 0.195
0.01= 0.256
rxy (0.766) is higher
than r-table (0.256)

10. Discussion
Interpretation Table
Value of r Product Moment Interpretation
0.800-1.00 Very high correlation
0.600-0.800 High correlation
0.400-0.600 Quite low correlation
0.200-0.400 Low correlation
0.000-0.200 Very low correlation

11. V. CONCLUSION AND
SUGGESTION
• There is a high correlation
between students’ phonemic
awareness and their reading
comprehension.
Conclusion
• For the students
Suggestion • For the next researcher