Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Vol 8, No 1 (2020): May

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG READING ANXIETY, READING SELF-EFFICACY, AND READING COMPETENCY IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Wiadnyana, I.P.E.C. (Unknown)
Tantra, D.K. (Unknown)
Saputra, I.N.P.H. (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2020

Abstract

The general objective pursued is to describe and to relate the students’ reading anxiety, reading self-efficacy to their reading competency in the Junior High School in Singaraja. The design applied is a quantitative research. There were 96 students recruited using cluster quota sampling. The data were gathered using a reading anxiety scale, a reading self-efficacy scale, and an objective reading competency test. The obtained data were analyzed in two phases: descriptively and inferentially. The descriptions consisted of central tendency measures and dispersion. Whereas inferentially, the data were analyzed using pair-wise correlation and multiple correlation technique. The findings show that: 1) the students’ reading anxiety on higher-order-items is at high level while reading self-efficacy and reading competency on high-order-items are at the low levels; 2) the relations pair-wisely between the students’ reading anxiety and reading self-efficacy, students reading anxiety and reading competency on higher-order-items are negatively and significantly, while the students’ reading self-efficacy and reading competency on high-order-items are positively and significantly correlated; and 3) the simultaneous or multiple relationships of the reading anxiety and reading self-efficacy to the students’ reading competency is proven to be significant.Keywords: Correlation, Reading Anxiety, Competency, Self-efficacy

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