A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN READING AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY ON NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 1 SAPURAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

English as one of the languages in the world has important role in modern life. English is considered important to broaden knowledge, art and culture. English becomes mediator that facilites people around the world who have different languages to communicate and to share ideas, though, and experiences. English as international language must be learnt by the people remembering it’s function in global era and in the world’s society. In this research, the researcher would like to know the correlation between students’ interest in reading and their comprehension on narrative text at eleventh grade students in SMA Negeri 1 Sapuran, Wonosobo Regency. This research belongs to quantitative research while the design of this research is correlation design. In this research, The researcher has three questions to answer. They are 1) how is students’ interest in reading?, 2) how is the students’ reading comprehension? and 3) is there a positive and significant correlation between students’ interest in reading and reading comprehension on narrative text?. Then, The researcher also has three purposes to reach. They are 1) to describe the students achievment in reading comprehension, 2) to describe the response that the students’ interest or not in reading narrative text, and 3) to find out whether or not there is a positive and significant correlation between students’ interest in reading and their reading comprehension on narrative text. The population of this research is the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Sapuran consists of 110 students, the sample of this research is XI IPS 2 with 30 students by using purposive sampling. The instrument of the research are questionnaire and test. The researcher got the data by using close ended questionnaire and reading test. Then, The researcher did calculation both manually and by using SPSS program version 16. Based on the computation, The researcher finds three things. First, the mean of students’ interest in reading is 60.60 and it can be categorized as sufficient. Second, the mean of students’ reading comprehension is 61.67 and it can be categorized as sufficient. Third, there is a positive and significant correlation between students’ interest in reading and their reading comprehension on narrative text. And It is based on the computataion of r product moment with the df 5 % and the amount of N = 30; So that r obtained is 0.802 and based on the interpretation of the coefficient correlation.