THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTS’ SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND STUDENTS’ READING ENGLISH SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 38 JAKARTA IN THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.; roihatul millah, m. pd.;

RENNY INDAH AGUSTINI. NIM: 1001065183. The Relationship between
Parents’ Socioeconomic Status and Students’ English Reading Skill at the
Eleventh grade Students of SMA Negeri 38 Jakarta in the 2013-2014 Academic
Year. A paper, Jakarta: The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA,
2014.
The objective of this research was to get the empirical evidence whether
there is relationship or not between parents’ socioeconomic status and students’
English reading skill at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 38 Jakarta in
the 2013-2014 academic year.
The method of the research was a quantitative survey method. The
population of the research consists of 40 Students and the sample of the research
was taken from 32 students because 8 students were absent. The instruments used
for getting the data were questionnaire about parents’ socioeconomic status and
English reading test. The score of the students was calculated by using Pearson’s
Product Moment Correlation.
The calculation of Pearson’s Product Moment results the “ro” correlation
0.61 with df=30 in 0.05 significant standard got “rt” table 0.349. In other words, r
observed is higher than r table (ro > rt). As the consequence, work hypothesis was
accepted and null hypothesis was rejected. So, it can be concluded that there is a
relationship between parents’ socioeconomic status and students’ English reading
skill at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 38 Jakarta in the 2013-2014
academic years.