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The correlations among reading interest, attitude towards reading, and functional reading achievement of students of SMP Negeri 1 and SMP Negeri 2 Indralaya
The objectives of this study were to find out: whether or not there is a
significant correlation between Attitude towards Reading and Functional Reading
Achievement (FRA), between Reading Interest and FRA, and between Reading
Interest and Attitude towards Reading (X1X2) and FRA (Y); whether or not there
is a significant contribution of aspects of Attitude towards Reading, Reading
Interest, and aspects of reading to FRA; whether or not there is any significant
difference of students’ FRA in terms of gender and grade. This study was a
correlational study. To collect the data, the Functional Reading Achievement Test
(FRAT) and the questionnaire of Attitude towards and Interest in Reading
Literacy (ATIReaL) were distributed to 264 students. The results showed that
there was no significant correlation between Attitude towards and Reading
Interest to FRA as a whole, however, there were some aspects of Attitude towards
and Reading Interest correlated significantly to students’ FRA, there was no
significant correlation between Reading Interest and Attitude towards Reading
(X1X2) and FRA (Y); there were some aspects of Attitude towards and Reading
Interest contributed significantly to students’ FRA, and from aspects of reading,
vocabulary had the highest contribution to FRA (59.4%); In FRA, between grade
7 and 8 (p value 0.001< 0.05) and grade 8 and 9 (p value 0.049< 0.05) the
significant difference existed. Meanwhile, in terms of gender the siginificant
difference did not exist (p value 0.81> 0.05).
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