THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING MOTIVATION AND READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ OF SMA PGRI PEKANBARU

Abstract

Abstract: This main objectives of study are to find out; 1) the students’
reading motivation, 2) the students’ reading comprehension scores and 3) the
correlation between reading motivation and reading comprehension ability.
The population of the study is 101 students of the second year students, while
the sample is 34 students are by using the cluster random samplin techniqu was
used in this study. The data were collected through 48 questions about (reading
ability) student comprehension (Reading Comprehension) and 20 statements
(questionnaires) about reading motivation The result of the test was analyzed
by using Pearson product moment though SPSS version 23.0. From the
analysis, it was found that the second year students’ of SMA PGRI Pekanbaru
were in the very bad level in their reading motivation, meanwhile the students’
reading comprehension mean score 33.38 was in the poor level 38.32. mean
score. The correlation between both variables was in low correlation with the
level was 0.16. However, building motivation and mindset about having a good
reading motivation is essential to be recommended because it is very useful to
develop students’ English skill and help them to face some tests which correlate
with students’ reading comprehension ability.
Keywords: Correlation, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension Ability