A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 PADANG GANTING TANAH DATAR AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF NEWS ITEM TEXT
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The type of this study was correlational study. The purpose of this study was to determine correlation between emotional intelligence and reading comprehension ability. The population of this research was the second year students of SMA N 1 Padang Ganting Tanah Datar. The total members of sample in this research were 42 students. The data of this research were collected by using two kinds of instruments. The first is the questionnaire on emotional intelligence (X) , the second is the test on reading comprehension ability (Y). To make the instruments reliable, the researcher gave try out test to the students out of the sample. It was found that reliability index of the test was 0.9510 (Appendix 4) , and reliability index of the questionnaire was 0.9101 (Appendix 2). It means that the instruments were very reliable. The result of this research shown that in general, the average of emotional intelligence of the second year students of SMA N 1 Padang Ganting was fair. Related to reading comprehension, It was proved by the fact that 61,90 % students have moderate ability. The result of testing hypothesis, is that the result of t counted (7.649) was higher than t table (2.021). Therefore, Hypothesis alternative (Ha) was accepted. It was proved by the coefficient correlation between two variables was 0.771, coefficient determination was 0. 59. It was categorized as having strong correlation, significant and positive correlation. It can be concluded that the students have good in reading comprehension ability, if they have good emotional intelligence. Dealing with the conclusion of this research, the researcher has suggestion for the teacher. They should be able to facilitate the development of students’ emotional intelligence in teaching reading comprehension.
Key words: Emotional Intelligence, reading , comprehension, News Item Text
