Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension Ability of The Students at Islamic University of Malang
Keywords:
reading motivation and reading comprehension ability
Abstract
This article aims at knowing whether there is significant correlation between reading motivation and reading comprehension ability of the third semester students of English Language Teaching Department of University of Islam Malang or not. The research design in this study is quantitative research in the form of correlation design. The subject of this study was 33 students. The researcher developed two research instruments; a questionnaire to measure students’ reading motivation and a test of reading to measure reading comprehension ability. The finding indicated that there was a positive correlation between students’ reading motivation and their reading comprehension ability because the coefficient correlation obtained showed on the table was 0.497. It can be concluded that the correlation between those two variables was on moderate correlation. The coefficient correlation obtained from the computation was significant because r observed was higher than the r critical (0.497 > 0.344).
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Ahmadi, M. R. 2013. The Relationship between Students’ Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension. Journal of Education and Practice. Vol 4: 14.
Brown, H. D. 2001. Strategies for Success. Pearson Education ESL.
Carrell, P. L. 1989. Metacognitive Awareness and Second Language Reading. Modern Language Journal, Vol 73: 120–133.
Deci, E. L. & Ryan, R. M. 1985. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. New York: Plenum.
Gage, N.L., & David C. Berliner. 1984. Educational Psychology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Gardner, R. C. 1985. Social Psychology and Language Learning: The role of attitudes and motivation. London: Arnold.
Grabe, W. 2009. Reading in a second language: moving from theory to practice. New York: Cambridge University Press
Guthrie, J. T., & Wigfield, A. 2000. Engagement and Motivation in Reading. Handbook of Reading Research. Vol. 3: 403-22.
Hairul, N. I., Ahmadi, M. R., & Pourhossein, A. G. 2012. The Role of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy as an Important Factor of Improving Reading Motivation. Elixir educational technology. Vol 53 (3): 2229-712X
Harmer, J. 2007. The Practice of English Language Teaching (4rth Ed.). England: Longman.
Iskandar. 2009. Psikologi Pendidikan. Jambi: Persada Press.
Jamil, M. T. 2016. Reading Habits Among Students And Their Reading Comprehension Ability. Thesis is unpublished. Malang: Teacher Training and English Education University of Islam Malang.
Kaharu, D. O. N. 2016. The Correlation between Students’ Motivation and Reading Comprehension in Reading English Text. Gorontalo: State University of Gorontalo.
McGeown, S. P., Duncan, L. G., Griffiths, Y. M. & Stothard, S. E. 2015. Exploring the Relationship Between Adolescent’s Reading Skills, Reading Motivation and Reading Habits. Reading and Writing, 28 (4): 545-569.
McKenna, M. C., Kear, D. J., and Ellsworth, R. A. 1995. Children’s Attitude toward Reading: A National Survey. Research Reading Quarterly, 30 (4): 934-956.
Meniado, J. C. 2016. Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Motivation, and Reading Comprehension Performance of Saudi EFL Students. English Language Teaching Journal. Vol 9: 117-129.
Middleton, M. E. 2011. Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension. Ohio: The Ohio State University.
Mistar, J. 2013. Statistic for ELT Studies.
Nur, L. C. N. 2011. The Correlation Between Students Motivation and English Achievement of The Fourth Semester Students of English Department at Islamic University of Malang. Thesis is Unpublished. Malang: Teacher Training and English Education University of Islam Malang.
Pachtman, A. B., & Wilson, K. A. 2006. What do the kids think? The Reading Teacher Journal. Vol 59: 680-684.
Pardo, L. S. 2004. What Every Teacher Needs to Know About Reading Comprehension. International Reading Comprehension journal. pp. 272-280. doi: 10.1598/RT.58.3.5
Rosenfield, M., Leung, S., & Oltman, P. K. 2001. The reading, writing, speaking, and listening tasks important for academic success at the undergraduate and graduate levels (TOEFL Monograph Series, No. 21). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
Sardirman, A.M., 1986. Interaksi dan Motivasi Belajar Mengajar. Jakarta: Rajawali Pers.
Schaffner, E., Schiefele, U., & Ulferts, H. 2013. Reading Amount as a Mediator of the Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation on Reading Comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 48 (4): 369-385.
Schiefele, U., Schaffner, E., Möller, J., & Wigfield, A. 2012. Dimensions of Reading Motivation and Their Relation to Reading Behavior and Competence: The Review of Research. Reading Research Quarterly, 47 (4): 427-463.
Seymour, S., & Walsh. L. 2006. Essentials of teaching academic reading. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Simajuntak, E. G., Purbo, A., & Sutarsyah, C. 2012. The correlation between students motivation and their reading comprehension achievement at Second Grade of SMA Negeri 1 Terbanggi Besar. Lampung: University of Lampung.
Stanovich, K. E. 1980. Toward an interactive-compensatory model of individual differences in the development of reading fluency. Reading Research Quarterly. Vol 16: 32-71.
Sulistyo, G. H. 2011. Reading for Meaning. Malang: Pustaka Kaiswaran.
Wallace, J. 1995. Improving Reading Skills o f Poor Achieving Students, Instructional Models in Reading. Stahl and Hayes.
Wang, J. H. & Guthrie, J. T. 2004. Modeling the Effects of Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Amount of Reading, and Past Reading Achievement on Text Comprehension between U. S. and Chinese Students. Reading Research Quarterly, 39 (2): 162-186.
Wang, T. H. 2008. The Effects of Modified Collaborative Strategic Reading on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. Unpublished MA dissertation. Changhua, Taiwan: National Changhua University of Education.
Watkins, M. W. & Coffey, D. Y. 2004. Reading Motivation: Multidimensional and Indeterminate. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96 (1): 110-118
Westwood, P.S. 2001. Reading and Learning Difficulties; Approaches to Teaching and Assessment. Victoria: ACER Press.
Zakiyah, P. P. 2013. The Correlation Between Strategies in Developing Students’ Speaking Skill and the Speaking Skill of the eleventh Grade Students of SMA Al-Multazam Mojokerto in Year 2012/2013. Thesis is Unpublished. Malang: Teacher Training and English Education University of Islam Malang.
Published
2022-08-16
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Nuril Firdaus. (2022). Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension Ability of The Students at Islamic University of Malang. JOEY: Journal of English Ibrahimy, 1(2), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.35316/joey.2022.v1i2.67-72
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