THE EFFECT OF STUDENTS READING INTEREST AND VOCABULARY MASTERY ON STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Elisabeth Gracia Simanjuntak, Ujang Suparman, Muhammad Sukirlan

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah ada pengaruh yang significant dari minat membaca dan penguasaan kosakata terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa. Desain penelitian ini kuantitatif menggunakan ex post facto designs. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas dua SMA. Sampel dari penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 30 siswa. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis menggunakan SPSS 16.0 dan Analisis Path. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa koefisien pengaruh langsung dari minat membaca siswa terhadap pemahaman membaca dan penguasaan kosakata siswa terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa adalah .278 and .700. Sedangkan, pengaruh langsung dari minat membaca dan penguasaan kosakata siswa terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa .978. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada pengaruh yang significant dari minat membaca dan penguasaan kosakata terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa. Semakin tinggi minat membaca dan penguasaan kosakata, maka semakin tinggi pemahaman membaca siswa.

The purpose of this study was to find out whether there was a significant effect of students reading interest and vocabulary mastery on students reading comprehension. This was quantitative research applied ex post facto designs. The research population was second grade students of SMA. The sample was 30 students. The researcher analyzed the data by using SPSS 16.0 and Path analysis. The results of the research showed that the coefficient direct effect of students reading interest on students reading comprehension and students vocabulary mastery on their reading comprehension were .278 and .700. Meanwhile, the direct effect of students reading interest and vocabulary mastery on their reading comprehension was .978. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was a significant effect of students reading interest and vocabulary mastery on students reading comprehension. The higher reading interest and vocabulary mastery had gotten by the students, the higher reading comprehension had gotten by the students.

Keyword: reading comprehension, reading interest, vocabulary mastery

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