Correlation of Students’ Reading Interest, Vocabulary Mastery and Their Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The study is aimed to find out The Correlation of Students’ Reading Interest, Vocabulary Mastery and Their Reading Comprehension at Tenth Grade of SMA Paradigma. The method of the research used quantitative research. The population was 175 students and 40 students as a sample. The result showed that (1) There is no positive significant correlation between students’ reading interest and their reading comprehension at SMA Paradigma Kabupaten Tangerang in Academic Year 2020/2021. With the value t_count < t_table (1,238 < 1,687). (2) There is positive significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehesion at tenth grade of SMA Paradigma Kabupaten Tangerang in academic year 2020/2021. The result of the variable students’ vocabulary mastery is 2,473 which means t_count > t_table (2,473 > 1,687). (3) There is a positive simultaneous correlation of students’ reading interest, vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension at tenth grade of SMA Paradigma Kabupaten Tangerang in academic year 2020/2021. The result of students’ reading interest and vocabulary mastery on their reading comprehension with a significance value of 0,005 < 0,05 it can be concluded that the greater the interest in reading, the greater their vocabulary mastery, and automatically students will have a good reading comprehension.

The effect of interest and attitude on public comprehension of news with data visualization

“…Data visualization can make it easier for readers to understand, but authors such as Burns et al (2020) establish that, although comprehension is much more than the extraction of individual values, the final interpretation of visualization depends on both the designer and the reader. Previous research indicates that readers' knowledge of various topics is related to their interest in those topics (Tobias, 1994;Babbitt and Barron, 2004;Forsia et al, 2022). Interest is understood as the extrinsic motivation that predisposes people to participate in certain activities (Forsia et al, 2022).…”

“…Previous research indicates that readers' knowledge of various topics is related to their interest in those topics (Tobias, 1994;Babbitt and Barron, 2004;Forsia et al, 2022). Interest is understood as the extrinsic motivation that predisposes people to participate in certain activities (Forsia et al, 2022). The interest therefore depends on the characteristics of the reader (for example, his Hobbies), inherent factors of the text (for example, his writing style) and the interaction between reader and material (for example, if it meets his needs) (Bernstein, 1955).…”