CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ TRANSITIONAL WORD MASTERY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ON NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE AT ISLAMIC BOARDING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BAHRUL ‘ULUM

In this study, the researcher aimed at finding the correlation between students’ transitional word mastery and their reading comprehension on narrative text of the eleventh grade at Islamic Boarding Senior High School Bahrul 'Ulum Kampar regency. The specific objective of this research was to find out whether there was a significant correlation between students’ transitional word mastery in improving their reading comprehension on narrative text or not. This study was conducted at Islamic Boarding Senior High School Bahrul 'Ulum Kampar regency from 16 March to 13 April 2015. The population in this study was 30 students and the sample was 30 students. For the technique of taking sample, researcher used total sampling technique. In collecting the data, the researcher used written tests in form of multiple choice for both variables in this study. The tests given to students after giving try out test were determine the validity and reliability of questions provided to the students. In analyzing the data, researcher used the passing standard of English language subjects used by the teacher of English in Islamic Boarding Senior High School Bahrul 'Ulum. To determine the relationship between two variables researched, researcher used the Pearson Product-Momment Correlation formula and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 From the data analysis with the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation formula, the results obtained in the test was r = 0.374 0.478. It can be concluded that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted. Thus, there was a significant correlation between students’ transitional word mastery and their reading comprehension on narrative text of the eleventh grade at Islamic Boarding Senior High School Bahrul ‘Ulu