THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS READING INTEREST AND STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi hubungan antara minat baca siswa dengan pemahaman membaca siswa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 30 siswa pada tahun ke dua di SMAN 1 Punggur. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan tes membaca. Desain penelitian adalah ex post facto design. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai korelasi antara kedua variable adalah 0.673 dan nilai pengaruhnya adalah 0.434. Hal itu terlihat ketika minat baca siswa tinggi maka nilai tes membaca mereka tinggi. Berdasarkan pada hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan antara minat baca siswa dan pemahaman membaca mereka. Dengan mempunyai minat baca tinggi, maka siswa akan lebih baik memahami bacaan daripada mereka yang mempunyai minat baca rendah.

The objective of this research was to investigate the relationship between students reading interest and students reading comprehension. This research was a quantitative research. The sample of the research consisted of thirty students of second grade at SMAN 1 Punggur. The data collecting technique that used were questionnaire and reading test. The design of the research was ex post facto design. The results of this research showed that the coefficient correlation was 0.673 and the coefficient influences value of both variables was 0.434. It was shown when the students got high score in interest score; they also got high score for their reading comprehension. Based on the results of the research it could be concluded that there was correlation between students reading interest and their reading comprehension. By having high reading interest, students were able to read better than those who have low interest.

Keywords: reading comprehension, reading interest, correlation.