scholarly journals Analisis Korelasi Antara Kebiasaan Membaca Dan Kemampuan Membaca Pemahaman Pada Siswa Kelas IX SMP Kemala Bayangkari Makassar

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yusuf Yunus ◽  
Andri Machmury
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

This study aims to describe whether or not there is a relationship between reading habits and reading comprehension ability in class IX students of SMP Kemala Bayangkari Makassar. This study is a descriptive study using correlational analysis methods. The population in this study was 200 students and the sample was 40 students. In this study data was collected from two sources, namely the questionnaire value from the results of the reading habit questionnaire test and the value of reading comprehension ability from the results of the comprehension reading ability test. Data obtained in the form of primary data using a quantitative descriptive approach with an objective process and analyzing data. The results of the analysis in this study indicate that the relationship between reading habits and reading comprehension ability of class IX students at SMP Kemala Bayangkari Makassar has a positive correlation. In this study, it is hoped that the readers and writers themselves will be able to further improve their reading skills.

Examining Mindset and Grit in Concurrent and Future Reading Comprehension: A Twin Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly M. Martinez ◽  
LaTasha R Holden ◽  
Sara Ann Hart ◽  
Jeanette Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Preliminary Test ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Potential Intervention ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Twin Method ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Ability Measure ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

Non-cognitive factors have gained attention in recent years as potential intervention targets for academic achievement improvement in students. Two notable facets, intelligence mindset and grit, have been of particular interest. Both have been shown to consistently improve educational outcomes, although little work has focused on reading ability. We used a correlational and twin method design to preliminary test if mindset and grit could be potential intervention targets to increase reading ability. As such, we examined the relation between both grit and mindset on current, future, and change in reading comprehension ability in a twin sample. We used data from 422 twin pairs (171 monozygotic pairs, 251 dizygotic pairs) drawn from the Florida Twin Project on Reading, Behavior and Environment (Taylor et al., 2019). Twins were on average 13 years old when the questionnaire and first reading ability measure were collected, and on average 15 years old when the second reading ability measure was collected. Weak and moderate positive correlations were found between both mindset and grit with each reading ability score and neither were significantly related to change in reading ability. Twin modeling suggested little to no common genetic or environmental influences between mindset and grit to reading ability. In total, our results do not lend support to the notion of mindset or grit being a mechanism of change for reading ability.

scholarly journals Applying Sight Translation as a Means to Enhance Reading Ability of Iranian EFL Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Moslem Fatollahi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Iranian Context ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

<p>Sight translation is the oral translation of a written text and is a mixture of translation and interpreting. Sight translation is a widely-used activity in translation training programs. Yet, this mode of translation has rarely been applied as a reading instruction technique in Iranian EFL instruction context in spite of the growing interest in using sight translation in language teaching and learning. This study aims at investigating the effect of sight translation on the reading comprehension ability of Iranian undergraduate EFL students. This is a quasi-experimental study involving treatment. To this end, four reading comprehension classes involving 70 learners were divided into two groups, with the experimental one receiving reading instruction with sight translation exercises and the control group receiving reading instruction without sight translation exercises. The posttest results revealed that the experimental group performing sight translation exercises in classroom outperformed the control group who had not engaged in sight translation. This study has implications for ELT instructors and learners in an Iranian context as they can use sight translation exercises as an effective technique for improving the reading comprehension ability of their learners.</p>

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study of Reading Comprehension: An Insight from Pakistani Context Bridging the Needs of Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Mansoor Ahmed Channa ◽  
Zaimuariffudin Shukri Nordin ◽  
Insaf Ali Simming ◽  
Ali Asgher Chandio
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Comprehension Instruction ◽  
Reading Comprehension Instruction ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

<p>This study aimed to investigate the teachers’ opinions in terms of reading comprehension instruction to the engineering students for bridging their difficulties in reading academic text in communication subject. The study was conducted in the four engineering departments of one university in Pakistan. Semi-structured interviews of 10 teachers were used as a qualitative instrument to collect data for this study to know the needs of engineering students in terms of reading comprehension. The data was analyzed through NVivo version 8 for interpretation of the results. This study provided the most promising findings to develop reading ability among engineering students. The findings revealed that teachers should use rereading text, text scanning, and text skimming strategies to develop reading comprehension ability of engineering students.</p>

scholarly journals Reading Strategies in Persian and English Languages and Their Influence on English Reading Comprehension Ability

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
M. Rahim Bohlooli Niri
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Problem Versus ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

<p>The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between successful readers’ strategies in Persian and English languages, and the impact of instruction of such strategies on English reading comprehension ability. The present study relies on Casanave’s (1998) expanded view of schema theory, the strategy schema, Goodman’s (1971) language transfer or linguistic independent hypothesis and Clarke’s idea of short-circuit or language ceiling hypothesis in ESL or EFL. This study also aims at finding an answer to the question of reading problem versus language problem, first raised by Alderson (1984, pp. 1-27) and then followed by Carrell (1991, pp. 159-179).</p>

Study on Word Association Knowledge and Reading Ability

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 699-702
Author(s):  
Ting Mao
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
First Language ◽  
New Words ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Vocabulary Word ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

Improving reading comprehension ability has always been a big concern for the English learners. It is also one of the most important parameters to measure one’s English level. Research has found that many factors may influence the learners’ reading comprehension ability. In this paper one aspect of vocabulary, word association knowledge, has been proved to facilitate reading comprehension. Through Pearson Correlation and one-eay ANOVA analysis the authors found that word association knowledge had a significant influence on reading comprehension. New words cannot make any sense to the learner until they have been integrated into other knowledge that the learner has already acquired. The vocabulary students have already acquired is something like an associative network which is closely related to their prior experience of first language acquisition and their knowledge of the world. Therefore, both the width and depth of vocabulary should be integrated into English teaching.

On the Relationship between Creative Problem Solving Skill and EFL Reading Comprehension Ability

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maghsoud Danesh ◽  
Nava Nourdad
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

The present study investigated the relationship between Creative Problem Solving (CPS) skill of Iranian secondary school students and their reading comprehension ability. The sample of participants included 70 second grade students randomly selected among secondary school students. The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking was used to measure CPS. Also, a valid and reliable teacher-made reading comprehension test was applied to asses reading comprehension ability of the participants. The results indicated that there was a positively significant correlation between reading comprehension ability and CPS skill. Among the sub-components of CPS, elaboration and originality revealed positively significant correlation with reading comprehension. Furthermore, the findings suggested a dire need of accommodating creativity and CPS techniques and activities in EFL materials, text book. Teaching creativity is highly recommended as a prerequisite for every kind of learning including foreign language learning.

scholarly journals Relationship between Fifth Grade Students’ Reading Interest and Reading Ability

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah ◽  
Ratih Punamasari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Reading Interest ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between reading interest and students' reading comprehension ability. Research approach using quantitative with correlational study method. The subjects of this study were students of class VA and VB at SD Negeri Karya Bhakti totaling 90 students. The sample was taken by 47 students, then this study was obtained using a five-scale questionnaire for the Reading Interest and Reading Comprehension Ability variables using tests. Therefore, from the data obtained, it was found that a moderate relationship between reading interest and reading comprehension ability was seen from the accumulated calculation results, which was 30% such as using the time to read books in the library, while 70% is influenced by other factors such as students who are motivated by the teacher to increase reading interest so that students can to read a comprehension and other factors are also influenced from outside of students, namely when doing tasks, students are guided and assisted by parents. . Based on the results of the research above, it can be concluded that there is a positive relationship between Reading Interest and Reading Comprehension Ability in class VA and VB students of SD Negeri Karya Bhakti Odd semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.

scholarly journals Big Book dan Sustained Silent Reading untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Pemahaman

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 920
Author(s):  
Rizqo Nurjanah ◽  
Utami Widiawati ◽  
I Made Suardana
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Silent Reading ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
Sustained Silent Reading ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Comprehension Ability ◽  
Mastery Criteria ◽  
Reading Comprehension Ability ◽  
Success Percentage

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> This study aims to improve reading comprehension in class II MI Islamiyah Kediri City. This type of research is classroom action research. The study was conducted in two cycles. The results showed an increase in students' understanding of reading. The reading comprehension ability test is carried out in writing in the form of a description item. Minimum Mastery Criteria that has been set is 70. In the pre-cycle success percentage of 55.56%, increased to 72.22% in the first cycle, and increased again to 83.33% in the second cycle. he average class success target that researchers set was 80%. The success in the second cycle has reached 83.33%. This means that the average class success target has been achieved.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan membaca pemahaman kelas II MI Islamiyah Kota Kediri. Jenis penelitian yaitu penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan pemahaman siswa terhadap bacaan. Tes kemampuan membaca pemahaman dilaksanakan secara tertulis dengan bentuk soal uraian. Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal yang telah ditetapkan yaitu 70. Pada prasiklus presentase keberhasilan sebesar 55,56%, meningkat menjadi 72,22% pada siklus I, dan meningkat lagi menjadi 83,33% pada siklus II. Target keberhasilan rata-rata kelas yang peneliti tetapkan yaitu 80%. Keberhasilan pada siklus II sudah mencapai 83,33%. Hal tersebut berarti target keberhasilan rata-rata kelas telah dicapai.

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