THE EFFECT OF STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES TOWARDS READING SKILL

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari tahu korelasi antara motivasi belajar dan strategi belajar siswa terhadap kemampuan membaca. Desain dari penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Penelitian ini diterapkan kepada 30 siswa kelas X di SMAN 1 Seputih Agung, Lampung Tengah. Peneliti menemukan bahwa ada korelasi antara motivasi belajar dan strategi belajar siswa terhadap kemampuan membaca pada siswa kelas X di SMAN 1 Seputih Agung. Ini telah dibuktikan dari hasil Independent Sample T-test antara motivasi belajar dan membaca bahwa nilai t = 0.219 dan two tail significance menunjukkan p>0.05 (p= 0.828). Hasil dari korelasi antara strategi belajar dan membaca juga menunjukkan korelasi yang signifikan dengan rata-rata r>0,5. Peneliti juga menyarankan guru untuk mengetahui motivasi belajar dan memperkenalkan tipe-tipe strategi belajar kepada siswanya dengan tujuan membantu siswa mendapatkan kemampuan membaca yang lebih baik. This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ learning motivation and learning strategies towards reading skill. The design of this study was quantitative research. This research was applied to 30 first grade students of SMAN 1 Seputih Agung, Lampung Tengah. The researcher found that there were correlation between students’ learning motivation and learning strategies towards reading skill in first grade of SMAN 1 Seputih Agung. It was proven by the result of Independent Sample T-test between learning motivation and reading that t value = 0.219 and the two tail significance showed p>0.05 (p= 0.828). The result of the correlation between learning strategies and reading also showed significant correlation with the average r>0,5. The researcher also suggested the teacher are to know their learning motivation and introduced the types of learning strategies to their students in order to help the students to get better reading skill. Keywords: language learning strategies, learning motivation, reading comprehension