The Relationship between reading Online Comics and ability to use vocabulary of English Department of University Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA

marthasari ; kristari yuningsih ; f. x. sumarjo; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd.; nita kaniadewi, m.pd.;

STEVANI FEBYOLA. NIM: 1501055110. The Relationship between reading Online Comics and ability to use vocabulary of English Department of University Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA. A Paper, Jakarta. The Study Progamme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, Jakarta, 2020.
This study is conducted at university of Muhammadiyah Prof.Dr.Hamka Jakarta. This study aimed at finding out the relationship between reading online comics and ability to use vocabulary. The study employed quantitative method that applied a survey design through questionnaire and final score of vocabulary building course as the instrument to collect data. Both data are counted by using Pearson’s Product Moment Formula. The participants of this study are twenty-six students. In this case, the students were taking vocabulary building course at the second semester. The findings of the study clearly showed the relationship between reading online comics and ability to use vocabulary. The result of the data analysis shows that r observed (ro) is 0.43 and the r table (rt) is 0.42. It means that r observed higher than r table (ro>rt). It was found that the Null Hypothesis of the research have been rejected and alternative one is accepted, It refers that there is a relationship between reading online comics and ability to use vocabulary of the English department students of the university of Muhammadiyah Prof.DR. Hamka.