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Functional reading achievement in relation to reading attitude and reading interest of state junior high school students in seberang ulu 1 and 2 districts Palembang
The objectives of this present study were to find out the students’ functional
reading achievement (FRA), reading attitude and reading interest; the
significant correlations among the variables; and the significant contributions
of reading attitude and reading interest to FRA. Functional Reading
Achievement Test (FRAT) and Attitude Toward and Interest in Reading
Literacy (ATIReaL) questionnaires were distributed to 237 students. The
results showed that the students’ FRA was very low (41.78), and there was no
significant difference between male and female students of FRA. They tend to
have positive reading attitude towards FRA; and their reading interest were
various. The result of correlation analysis showed that there was no significant
correlation between students’ FRA
(total) and reading attitude(total); and students’
FRA
(total) and reading interest(total). However, there were 2 aspects of reading
attitudes positively correlated and contributed significantly to FRA.
Meanwhile, 17 aspects of reading interest had significant correlation (p
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