FACTORS INFLUENCING THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY
Abstrak
Abstract
This research aimed at describing the factors influencing the third year students’ reading comprehension at English Department of Bung Hatta University.The population of this research was the third year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The number of population members of this research was 54 students. The researcher used total sampling technique to select sample. The instrument used to get the data was questionnaire. Reliability index was 0.78. It means that the instrument was reliable. Based on the result of analyzing data, it can be found that internal factor (74.96%) influenced dominantly the students’ reading comprehension especially motivation factor (77.22%) and interest factor (70.44%). External factor has 69.78% influencing students’ reading comprehension. They are lecturer factor has 75.63% influencing students’ reading comprehension and reading material factor has 63.93% influencing students’ reading comprehension. Finally, it can be concluded that internal factor especially the motivation factor influenced dominantly students’ reading comprehension. Because of that, the researcher proposed some suggestions. First, the teacher has to give more motivation to the students. Second, the teachers have to give the interesting material to the student. In other word, it can build the students’ interest in reading comprehension. Last, the next researcher is suggested to do a research about the aspects that causes the students interest in reading comprehension.
Key Words: Factor, Influencing, Reading Comprehension