THE CORRELATION BETWEEN EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS AT SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
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- The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between extrinsic motivation and reading comprehension achievement of English Education Study Program Students at Sriwijaya University. The sample of this study was 70 students from the fourth semester of English Education Study Program Students at Sriwijaya University in academic year of 2018/2019 chosen by using total sampling technique. In collecting the data, the researcher used by Motivation for Reading in English Questionnaire (MREQ) and reading comprehension test. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient in SPSS version 24. The result of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient showed that there was a significant correlation between extrinsic motivation and reading comprehension achievementof English Education Study Program Students at Sriwijya University with the r-obtained (0.799) which was higher than the r-critical (0.235).