The correlation between learning style and students’ reading comprehension at grade XI SMA N 1 Tambangan

Rina, Rina (2017) The correlation between learning style and students’ reading comprehension at grade XI SMA N 1 Tambangan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about the correlation between learning style and students’ reading comprehension. The problem of this research were students have less difficulties in reading material, lack motivation, the student not interesting in English Lesson they think English lesson is difficult sometimes if teacher give them homework most of them do homework in class and chit chat their friend, and bad enable to identify their learning style. The aim of this research was to verify correlation between learning style and students’ reading comprehension at grade XI SMA N 1 Tambangan. This research was designed by quantitative approach and correlation research type. The population of this research XI grade students of SMA N 1 TAMBANGAN. Then, the sample of the research 32 person from population, taken with random sampling by lottery. To collect the data, researcher used test (multiple choice ) for reading comprehension and questionnaire to know students’ learning style. To analyzed the data, the research used tcount. Based on the result of the research, the research showed the calculating of product moment by getting correlation coefficients rxy = 0.467. The significant correlation level was done by locking rtable (rt) on significant level 5% was 0.361 and on significant level 1% was 0.463. the hypothesis in this research was accepted because rcount > rtable . It meant there was significant correlation between learning style and reading comprehension. Next the result calculating was gotten the value of the of the significant tcount between learning style and students’ reading comprehension were 2.895 the result calculating of tcount was compared with ttable 2.750 it was accepted namely tcount > ttable. It meant there was a significant correlation between learning style and students reading comprehension at garde XI SMA N 1 Tambangan.

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