The Correlation Between Reading Interest, Grammatical Competence And Reading Comprehension (A Correlational Study to the Second Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Cilacap in the Academic Year 2013/2014)

Oleh :
Alfi Nur Azizah - K2209101 - Fak. KIP

This research was conducted to find out whether there is a correlation between (1) reading interest and reading comprehension; (2) grammatical competence and reading comprehension; and (3) reading interest, grammatical competence simultaneously, and reading comprehension. In this research, the correlational method was used and it was carried out in November 2013 at SMA Negeri 1 Cilacap. The population was all of the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Cilacap in academic year 2013/2014, which consisted of twelve classes. The number of population was 322 students and this research took 32 students as the sample by cluster random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of students’ reading interest, while an objective test was used to collect the data of grammatical competence and reading comprehension. Single and Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation were used to analyze the data. The result of the analysis shows that (1) there is a positive correlation between students’ reading interest and reading comprehension (rx1y= 0.352 ); (2) there is a positive correlation between grammatical competence and reading comprehension(rx2y=0.588); and (3) there is a positive correlation between students’ reading interest, grammatical competence simultaneously, and reading comprehension(ry12=0.602). Thus, it cannot be neglected that reading interest and grammatical competence contribute to reading comprehension.