THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING INTEREST AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 33 PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of the study was to find out whether or not there is a significant correlation between reading interest and reading comprehension achievement of the eighth grade students of SMPN 33 Palembang. The population of this study was the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 33 Palembang consisting of 319 students. The size of sample was randomly determined to be 20 % from population, which comprised 64 students. Reading comprehension test and reading interest questionnaire were used to collect the data in order to find out the significance correlation of the variables. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Formula was applied by the help of SPSS version 20. The result of statistical analysis showed the value of R –obtained (0.43) was fair than the critical value of r table ( 0 . 244 ) that there was a positive significant correlation between reading interest and reading comprehension achievement of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 33 Palembang. Since it had a positive correlation of medium level, it can be said that the correlation between reading interest and reading comprehension levels had a medium impact on reading comprehension achievement of the SMP Negeri 33 Palembang.