Internet Use, Reading Habit and Reading Ability of Students of Private Junior High Schools in Kecamatan Ilir Timur II Palembang

Abstract

This study is aimed to find out whether or not (1) there is any significant correlation between reading ability and reading habit, (2) There is any significant correlation between reading ability and internet use, (3) There is any significant correlation among reading ability, internet use, and reading habit of students of private junior high schools in Kecamatan Ilir Timur II Palembang. The researcher collects the data through 2 instruments namely, reading tests and questionnaires. A test is used to find out students' reading ability and questionnaires are used to find out students' reading habits and internet use. The population of this study is 803 and 120 for the population. There are some steps that the researcher has done to analyze the data. The steps are presenting and describing the data, testing the hypotheses, and analyzing the regression. From the results, only internet use and reading ability that have a significant correlation (p-value > 0.05). The result of regression analysis between internet use to reading ability shows that the correlation between those variables is 16,7%. In conclusion, the main problems that cause the absence of a correlation between reading habits and reading ability, reading habits and internet use are from the students themselves and the facilities provided by their school.

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