The Relationship Between Students’ Motivation in Learning English and Students’ Reading Skill of the Eleventh Grade Students at SMA Yadika 6 Pondok Aren Tangerang in 2016/2017 Academic Year

nurlaili [et.all]; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd; nurhandayani. s, m.pd;

NURHAKIKI. NIM: 1101065219. The Relationship Between Students’ Motivation in Learning English and Students’ Reading Skill of the Eleventh Grade Students at SMA Yadika 6 Pondok Aren Tangerang in 2016/2017 Academic Year. A paper. Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teaching Training Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA. 2016.
This research was attempted to discover whether or not there is relationship between students‟ motivation of learning English and students‟ reading skill of the eleventh grade students at SMA Yadika 6 Pondok Aren Tangerang. It was conducted on April 2016 at the eleventh grade students of. The writer took the data by means of test instrument and did a research with survey method. The instruments of this research are motivation questionnaire and reading test. The writer used Pearson Product Moment‟s Formula to calculate the correlation between X variable and Y variable.
The result of the data analysis using Chi-square test showed that data of the two variables have normal distribution. The result of normality of the data distribution (X variable) χ2o= 1.98 is smaller than χ2t= 7.82 and the result of normality of the data distribution (Y variable) χ2o= 1.40 is smaller than χ2t = 7.82. In the scattered diagram, the data scores are making close to the straight line which means that the data are linear.
From the data of correlation analysis, it was known the result of r-observed (ro)= 0.81 is lower than r-table (rt)= 0.32. As (rt ˂ ro), it can be said that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. It means that there is relationship between students‟ motivation in learning and students‟ reading skill. The writer used t-test formula. From the t-test, it is known the result of t-observed (to)= 7.93 is higher than t-table (tt)= 1.70. Because (to > tt), it can be said that Ho is rejected and Hi is accepted. So, there is significant is relationship between students‟ motivation in learning English and students‟ reading skill on the eleventh grade students at SMA Yadika 6 Pondok Aren Tangerang. Practically through this research, the writer hopes that the paper will be useful for those who concern with English teaching especially in reading skill. It can become input for all English teachers, to develop better ways of English teaching program.