THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE TOWARD READING COMPREHENSION ON NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMAN 1 TIGO NAGARI PASAMAN
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Abstract
This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ motivation and background knowledge toward reading comprehension on narrative text at the second grade of SMAN 1 Tigo Nagari Pasaman. The hypothesis of this research was there was a significant correlation between students’ motivation and background knowledge toward their reading comprehension on narrative text at the second grade of SMAN 1 Tigo Nagari Pasaman. The number of population was 174 students. There were distributed into five classes; XI MIA 1, XI MIA 2, XI IIS 1, XI IIS 2 and XI IIS 3. The researcher took two classes as sample by using stratified cluster random sampling technique. The researcher gathered the data by using questionnaire, background knowledge test and reading test. To analyze, the data the researcher used the Person Product Moment Formula and Double Correlation Formula. The researcher found that the value of coefficient of three variables was 0.35 and f- counted was 5.37 (α 0.05) and the degree of freedom (df) n-k-1 (57), value of f- table was 3.15. It means that f- counted (5.37) was bigger that f- table (3.15). Therefore, the relationship between three variables, motivation, background knowledge and ability to comprehend was significant. It means that the alternative hypothesis stating “there is a significant correlation between students’ motivation and background knowledge toward reading comprehension on narrative text at the second grade of SMAN 1 Tigo Nagari Pasaman” was accepted. The teachers should consider these both aspects in teaching and learning process, especially reading narrative text.
Key Words: correlation, motivation, background knowledge, reading comprehension