Journal of English Education and Teaching (JEET)
Vol 3, No 1 (2019)

The Correlation between Reading Self-Efficacy and Reading Comprehension

Dona Rahma Fitri E. (Universitas Bengkulu)
Dedi Sofyan (Universitas Bengkulu)
Fernandita Gusweni Jayanti (Universitas Bengkulu)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Aug 2019

Abstract

AbstractThe purpose of this research was to find out the correlation between reading self-efficacy and reading comprehension. The research applied correlational study which used quantitative design. The sample was 273 of twelfth grade students of science class at SMAN 5 Bengkulu. The data were collected by using two instruments: (1) the reading self-efficacy questionnaire which was used to measure the students’ reading self-efficacy and (2) reading comprehension test which was used to know the students’ reading comprehension. The correlation between the two variables was calculated by using Pearson Product Moment in SPSS 15. The result shows that there is a significant correlation between reading self-efficacy and reading comprehension. The score of significance level is < 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05) which means that H1 was accepted and H0 was rejected. So, it can be inferred that the higher the reading self-efficacy, the higher the reading comprehension. Keywords: Reading Comprehension; Self-Efficacy

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEET

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Education and Teaching (JEET) with online ISSN 2622-5867 is a journal which is published four times a year in December, March, June, and September. We accept mainly research-based articles related to English Education and Teaching. The articles must be in ...