COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION

Ani Meitikasari, Muhammad Sukirlan, Ujang Suparman

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan hasil belajar membaca pemahaman antara siswa dengan motivasi tinggi dan rendah. Desain penelitiannya adalah ex-post-facto dengan menggunakan studi perbandingan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada siswa kelas VIII di SMPN 1 Gedung Aji, Tulang Bawang yang terdiri dari 56 siswa. Alat ukur penelitian ini adalah kuisioner untuk mengukur motivasi siswa dan tes pilihan ganda untuk mengukur hasil belajar membaca siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada perbedaan hasil belajar membaca pemahaman yang signifikan antara siswa yang memiliki motivasi tinggi dan rendah dengan sig = 0. 016 (sig < 0.05). Selanjutnya, siswa dengan motivasi tinggi memiliki hasil belajar lebih baik dibandingkan siswa dengan motivasi rendah dengan perbandingan nilai 11. 13. Dengan demikian, penulis menganjurkan guru Bahasa Inggris sebaiknya memotivasi siswanya dalam belajar terutama aspek membaca untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar membaca siswa.

 

This research is intended to find out whether or not there is a difference between the students with high motivation and those with low motivation in reading comprehension achievement. This research was conducted in second grade of SMPN 1 Gedung Aji, Tulang Bawang that consists of 56 students. The design is ex-post-facto by using comparative study. The instruments are questionnaire to measure the students’ motivation and the multiple choice test to measure their reading comprehension achievement. The result showed that there was a significant difference between high and low motivated students in their reading comprehension achievement with sig = 0. 016 (sig < 0.05). Moreover, the students with high motivation have better achievement than those of low motivation with the gain score is 11. 13. Therefore, the writer suggests that English teacher should motivate their students in learning English especially in reading in order to improve their reading achievement.

 

Keywords: comparative study, motivation, reading comprehension achievement


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