The Students' Motivation and Its Correlation To The Reading Comprehension Ability (A Case Study of Tenth Grade of Students at SMK Kartini Academic Year of 2011/2012)

Abstract

This study is aimed at describing the students’ motivation in learning reading comprehension ability, which focuses on two main issues: (1) Is there any correlation of motivation in their reading comprehension ability of SMK Kartini academic year 2011/2012? (2) How does their motivation in reading English in reading comprehension ability? This is a quantitative case study. Questionnaire and Reading Test were used to collect the data. Samples were taken practically by the use of cluster random sampling. The validity of the data was established by the use of Pearson Product Moment formula. The data were consisted of questionnaire data and reading test. They were analyzed by correlation analysis procedure. Generally, students’ motivation in reading comprehension ability is medium, the mean score was 62.35. Furthermore, in general, the students’ test in reading comprehension was medium. Moreover, their average or mean score was 67.55 This shown that there is a significant correlation between the students’ motivation and their test in reading comprehension ability. Based on the findings, it is suggested that teacher should help the students’ to increase their motivation. This can be done by giving the students’ chances to ask questions, have discussions, express their ability in English, and try to help the students’ to investigate and solve their problem in learning reading comprehension ability. Moreover, the students’ should read as much as possible in order to enrich their knowledge and practice their fluency in reading as well as reading comprehension ability.