ABSTRACT

Trisnawan, Azhar Deddy. 2021. The Correlation between Students’ Metacognitive Awareness and Their Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text. Sarjana’s Thesis, English Language Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Prof. Dr. H. Abdul Muth’im, M.Pd., the second advisor: Prof. Dr. Fatchul Mu’in, M. Hum.

Keywords: reading, metacognitive awareness, correlation

Reading is an activity in which people extract meaning from the discourse they see. Many experts have emphasized how important reading is as concerned English learning. The use of metacognitive awareness strategy in teaching reading is an important factor to facilitate students’ reading comprehension. This study aimed to analyze if there is any correlation between students’ metacognitive awareness and their reading comprehension of narrative text. The subjects of this study were 49 students of SMAN 1 Rantau. Their metacognitive reading strategies and their reading comprehension scores were correlated. This study used the correlation statistical test to depict and gauge the level of connection between two variables, namely Metacognitive Reading Strategy as the independent variable and students’ reading comprehension achievement as the dependent variable. The instrument for the independent variable (MARSI) was adapted from Mokhtari and Reichard (2002). For the dependent variable was a reading test of narrative text that was adopted and composed of 30 items in the form of multiple choices. The test was proven valid by the validator, and reliable through a reliability test. The results indicated that there is a positive correlation between the independent and dependent variables. The category of correlation was a weak correlation. Also, the result showed that, different from the students with lower reading comprehension, students with higher reading comprehension be in agreement with specific metacognitive reading strategy category. Finally, it is suggested for the teacher to consider using various strategies for their teaching in reading subjects, and for the students to use reading strategies for their reading activities.