THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THEIR READING SKILL IN THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMPN 250 JAKARTA IN THE 2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEAR

yeni marsalaila balubun; h. bahrul hasibuan, m. ed.; drs. sigit sumarsono;

Kurniati Barokah 0701065101. The Relationship between Students’ English Learning Motivation and Their Reading Skill in the Seventh Grade of SMPN 250 Jakarta in The 2011/2012 Academic Year. Paper. Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof.DR. HAMKA (UHAMKA) Jakarta.
This study is aimed to find out whether or not there is significant relationship between students‟ English learning motivation and their reading skill in the seventh grade of SMP 250 Jakarta. The study was conducted at SMP 250 Jakarta on June 25th, 2012 in the second semester of the 2011/2012 academic year.
This is a quantitative study. Questionnaire and reading test were used to collect the data. The population of the study was 300 students. Samples were taken 30 students by purposive cluster sampling. The validity of the data was established by applying Pearson‟s Product Moment formula. The data consist of questionnaire scores and reading scores. They were analyzed by correlation analysis procedure.
By applying Pearson‟s Product Moment formula, it was found that the obtained value of correlation coefficient was 0.909, while the critical value “r” in the table with 0.05 significance level with the number of subject 28 was 0.361. Thus, the correlation coefficient was higher than critical value. Meanwhile, by applying the t-test, it was found that tobserve is 11.45, while the critical value “t” in the table p 0.95 and free degree is 28 was 1.70. The conclusion is that there is significant relationship between the learning motivation and the reading skill of the seventh grade of SMP 250 Jakarta in the 2011/2012 academic year.