THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING COMPREHENSION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]

ANGGRAINI, SANTI (2017) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING COMPREHENSION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS OF UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.

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Abstract

The objective of the study is to find out the significant correlation between reading comprehension and academic achievement of English Education Study Program Students of UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. The method used was descriptive quantitative method through correlation study. The data were collected by using TOEFL reading test and documentation of English Education Study Program Students of UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. Seventy nine students were involved in the study and the data were analyzed by test analysis. The result showed that all of the students had low comprehension because the score of TOEFL reading test of the students was lower than 70 percent. In contrast, none of them had higher comprehension than 70 percent. Besides that, the result also showed 15.18% students had cum laude academic achievement, 74.7 % students had very good academic achievement, and 10.12 % students had good academic achievement. Therefore, there was a correlation between reading comprehension achievement and academic achievement since the correlation coefficient or r-obtained (.236) was higher than r-table (.2213), and p (.037) was lower than .05. Furthermore, students‘ reading comprehension contributed 5.6%, and p-value = .037 was lower than 0.05 to their academic achievement. The better their reading comprehension is, the better their academic achievement will be.

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