The Correlation between Reading Habit of the Second Grade Students of SMPN 2 Padang and Their Reading Ability

Frisca Ayu, Paradisonya and Khairul, Harha and Ernati, Ernati (2015) The Correlation between Reading Habit of the Second Grade Students of SMPN 2 Padang and Their Reading Ability. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The type of this research was correlational design. This research was aimed to find out the correlation between reading habit of the second grade students of SMPN 2 Padang and their reading ability. The population of this research was all of the second grade students of SMPN 2 Padang who register in 2014/2015 academic year. The number of population members was 249 students. They were distributed in eight classes. To choose the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique, and the sample of this research was class VIII.5, size of the sample was 30 students. The researcher used two instruments to collect the data. First was questionnaire to collect data on students’ reading habit (X) and second was reading test to collect data on students’ reading ability (Y). Based on the result of data analysis, it was found that r counted was 0.72. The value of rtable with level of significance 0.05 and degree of freedom (df = n-2) was 0.36. It means that rcounted was bigger than rtable (0.72 > 0.36). The hypothesis “there is a significant correlation between reading habit of the second grade students of SMPN 2 Padang and their reading ability” was accepted. From the result of data analysis, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between reading habit of the second grade students of SMPN 2 Padang and their reading ability. It means that if the students’ reading habit is good, their reading ability is good too. The researcher proposes suggestions. First is for teachers, in order to improve students’ reading ability, teachers should make effort to increase students’ habit in reading and make their students’ reading skill become better. Second is for students, in order to improve their reading ability, they should learn more, generate and build good reading habit

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