The Effect of Newspaper Reading Habits on the Ability to Develop Exposition Compositions by Our Junior High School Students Kita Membangun Yadika Mahato in the 2012/2013 Study Year

Abstract

This study aims to see how much influence the habit of reading newspapers has on the ability to develop expository essays by the students of SMP Kita Bangun Yadika Mahato Kec. North Tambusai, Rokan Hulu Regency 2012/2013 Academic Year. The method used in this research is descriptive method. Meanwhile, the instruments used in collecting data were questionnaires and composing tests. The population of this study were all students of class IXB SMP Kita Bangun Yadika Mahato Kec. North Tambusai, Rokan Hulu Regency, totaling 22 people and samples were taken from the entire population. The data analysis technique used is a qualitative analysis technique. The results of data analysis showed that the students' writing ability with details of the value of rp = 0.946 with tcount > and ttable (2,7 > 1, 725) Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence between writing expositions and the habit of reading newspapers. According to the statistical provisions of the correlation analysis, the correlation is accepted.