THE CORRELATION BETWEEN INTENSITY OF READING ENGLISH BOOK OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY AND THEIR READING ABILITY

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The type of this study was correlational study. The purpose of this study was to find out the correlation between intensity of reading English book and reading comprehension ability. The population of this research was the second year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University. The members of sample in this research were 22 students. The data of this research were collected by using two kinds of instruments. The first is the questionnaire on intensity of reading English book, the second is the test on reading comprehension ability. It was found that reliability index of the test was 0.79, and reliability index of the questionnaire was 0.63. The result of this research revealed that t counted (4.85) was bigger than t table (2.086). Therefore, alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, that say that there is a significant correlation between students’ intensity of reading English book and their reading comprehension ability of the second year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University with the level of significant 95% (α 0.05) and the degree of freedom (df) n-2. It can be concluded that there is connection between students’ intensity of reading English book and their reading comprehension ability. It means the more intense of student in reading English book, the more comprehension they will be. Based on the conclusion, it is suggested for the lecturer to make student read English books as out classroom exercises in teaching reading comprehension. Besides, the college should be able to facilitate the students with sufficient reading English books in order to improve the students’ interest in reading.

Key words: Intensity of Reading English Book, Reading Comprehension Ability