The Correlational Study between Students’ Interest and Their Reading Comprehension of the Third Year Students at English Department of Bung Hatta University

Vica, Prima Putri and Lisa, Tavriyanti and Lailatul, Husna (2015) The Correlational Study between Students’ Interest and Their Reading Comprehension of the Third Year Students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to find out thecorrelation between students’interest and their reading comprehension of the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The hypothesis of this research was there is significant correlation between students’ interest and their reading comprehension of the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The design of this research was correlation research. The population of this research was 86 of third year students at English Department in Bung Hatta University. In selecting the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique. The number of sample members was 30 students from class C. The instruments used to get the data were the questionnaire of interest and reading comprehension testonthree articles. The researcher tried out the test to the students out of sample. The researcher found the reliability of reading comprehension test by Pearson Product Moment formula. It was found that the coefficient correlation washigh .79 (see Appendix 6). It means that the test was reliable. Then, the researcher also found thereliabilityofquestionnaire on interest test by using AlphaCronbach. It was found that the coefficient correlation was very high .89 (see Appendix 15). It means that the test was reliable. The test was valid in terms of content validity. The result of the data analysis showed that the value r- calculated in this research was .63 (see Appendix 19) with the level significant 95 %( α.05) and the degree of freedom (df) n-2(28), the value of r- table was .361. It means that rcalculated (.63) was higher than r- table (28). Therefore, the relationship between two variables, students’ interest and their reading comprehension was significant. Then, the alternative hypothesis that said there is a significant correlation between students’ interest and their reading comprehension of the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University was accepted. In line with the finding of this study, it can be concluded that the correlation between students’ interest and their reading comprehension of the iv third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University was high. Based on the conclusion, for the lecturer should encourage the students’ interest, for the students should improve their ability in reading comprehension by increasing their interest in this subject, and next researchers are suggested to find other relevant aspects in students’ interest and reading comprehension to make their thesis perfectly.

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