Correlations between learning strategy and the ninth grade students’ reading comprehension in junior high school

Marini Candrawati,Mulyadi Mulyadi,Baginda Simaibang

doi:10.29210/021066jpgi0005

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Abstract

This study is limited to the investigation of the correlation between students’ learning strategy, and reading comprehensionof the ninth grade students at State Junior High School 01 Buay Rawan, OKU Selatan. There were 85 students who has been selected as the sample of the research. The writer used correlational study and formula to see the correlation between two variable stated. Correlation about Students’ Learning Strategies (X2) and Reading Comprehension (Y) for 0.028. Sig. Value 0.797 was higher than Alpha value 0.05 (0.797 &gt;0,2146), Ho was accepted and Ha was rejected. In other words, there was no a positive correlation between Students’ Learning Strategies (X2) and Reading Comprehension(Y). It can be stated that Students Learning Strategies (X) simultaneously have no significant correlated the reading comprehension(Y).

Highlights

In First of all, reading activity should be given more attention and that teaching and learning in the classroom should focus on the development of the students’ reading skill. in addition, [1] state that reading comprehension is a process of making sense of written ideas through meaningful interpretation and interactions with language in the form sentences and paragraph
In this study the writer will use descriptive method because the writer will investigate the effect of prediction variables on the criterion variable with a correctional study. the population of this study is ninth grade students of State Junior High School 1 Buay Rawan, OKU Selatan in academic 2020/2021
The data of learning strategies were collected by using a questionnaire

Summary

Introduction

In First of all, reading activity should be given more attention and that teaching and learning in the classroom should focus on the development of the students’ reading skill. in addition, [1] state that reading comprehension is a process of making sense of written ideas through meaningful interpretation and interactions with language in the form sentences and paragraph. The students are considered as the subject of teaching and learning, not the object. As the object they are expected to be active in the teaching and learning process.The importance of language learning strategies for the success and effectiveness of language learning. If the writer looks at these points, it seems that the students’ leaning strategy and motivation can effect activities teaching and learning process. In relation to this idea, it appears a question whether language learning strategy and learning motivation correlate reading comprehension. The writer is interested in focusing on the study entitle “Correlation among Learning Strategy, Learning Motivation and the ninth grade Students’ Reading Comprehension of State Junior High School 01 Buay Rawan, OKU Selatan”

Objective of the Study

Significance of the Study

Method

Homogeneity Test

The Result of Students Learning Strategies

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