Richa Yusvidasanty (2012) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING MOTIVATION AND READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AL MUSLIMUN BANDAR SEIKIJANG DISTRICT PELALAWAN REGENCY. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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Abstract

writer interested in carrying out this research because the students were enthusiastic to study reading material, but whenever the teacher give the test, they were still difficult to answer the question correctly. There are two variables which are used in this research. The first is variable x (students’ reading motivation) and the second is variable y (students’ comprehension). The second year students of Islamic Senior High School Al Muslimun were the subject of this research and the object was the correlation between students’ reading motivation and their reading comprehension. The data for this research had been collected for seven months by two classes, male class and female class, of the second year of Islamic Senior High School Al Muslimun. The total number of population was 33 students, 18 of male class and 15 of female class. The writer took all of the population to be the sample of this research. In collecting the data, the writer used questionnaire and test. Questionnaire was used to measured the students’ reading motivation, and test was used to measure the students’ reading comprehension. To analyze the data, the writer used Product Moment Correlation formula, as follows: rxy = N Σ xy – (Σx) (Σy) Nx 2  x2  N y 2   y 2  Based on the writer’s findings, the students’ reading motivation was in medium level, it was based on the result of the questionnaire. The students’ reading comprehension was in poor level, it was based on the result of the test given. The data analysis saw that rxy (0,716) was higher than rtable, whether in 5% (0,349) and 1% (0,449). Based on the score 0,349 < 0,716 > 0,449, it can be concluded that the first hypothesis (Ha) is accepted by the conclusion that there is a significant correlation between students’ reading motivation and their reading comprehension at the second year of Islamic Senior High School Al Muslimun Bandar Seikijang District Pelalawan Regency.

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