Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan
Vol 10 No 2 (2018): Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan

A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN INTERESTING TOPIC OF READING TEXT AND STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION

Meiga Ratih Tirtanawati (IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Dec 2018

Abstract

The objectives of the study are : (1) to find ; (2) vocabulary mastery and listening skill. The method used in this study was a correlation study. The population in this study was all the third semester of English Dept. IKIP PGRi Bojonegoro which consisted of two classes. The total number of the students was 84 students. The sample was 42 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The instrument in collecting the data was questionnaire and tests. The questionnaire was used to collect the data of interesting topic of reading; while the objective tests were used to collect the data of students’ ability in reading comprehension. The techniques which were used to analyze the data were pearson product moment and multiple correlations. The results of this study show that (1) there is a significant correlation between the questionnaire scores’ of interesting topic and the scores of reading test (rx1y = 0.417 > rt is 0.304. The result of this research shows that interesting topic of reading are important variables for students’ ability in reading comprehension.

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Journal Info

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jpp

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Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan adalah jurnal peer-review yang diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian pada Masyarakat, Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan PGRI Pacitan. Dipublikasikan dua kali setahun pada bulan Juni dan Desember. Jurnal ini menerbitkan makalah penelitian dan kajian ...