THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING MOTIVATION AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH “A” ACCREDITATION IN PALEMBANG
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- The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between reading motivation and reading comprehension achievement of the ninth grade students of public junior high schools with “A” accreditation in Palembang, and how much the influence of reading motivation was on reading comprehension achievement.The sample of this study was 378 ninth grade students who were selected by using random sampling technique. Reading motivation questionnaire and reading comprehension test were given to collect the data and measure students’ reading motivation and reading comprehension achievement. Correlation and regression analyses were applied to analyse the data. The finding showed that there was a significant correlation between reading motivation and reading comprehension achievement (r-value = 0.252; p-value = 0.05). The result of the regression analysis also revealed that reading motivation gave 6.3% contribution to the students’ reading comprehension achievement.