Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 2, No 2: June 2017

The correlation between students’ reading speed and their reading comprehension

Syuqaira El Humaira (Syiah Kuala University)
Endang Komariah (Syiah Kuala University)
Nurul Inayah (Syiah Kuala University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2017

Abstract

This research is aimed to find out if there is a significant correlation between the reading speed of the XII grade students at SMA Negeri 3 Banda Aceh with their reading comprehension. The population for this study were all students of class XII at SMAN 3 Banda Aceh. By using the random sampling, the researcher chose 31 students of class XII MIPA 6 as the sample. The data was collected by using reading speed and reading comprehension test. After the data was collected, the correlation data is processed using product moment formula. The rXY result achieved to 0.74. The result reveals that the rvalue, 0.74, was higher than the  rtable, 0.355. Referring to the table at significant level 0.05, the result means that there is a significant correlation between students’ reading speed and their reading comprehension.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...