The Contribution of National Examination Score of Indonesian Language in High School and Reading Strategies toward Students Reading Comprehension Skill in Universitas Negeri Padang

摘要

This study was conducted because of the low level of students reading skill. The national examination score Indonesian Languange in high school and reading strategies were assumed as the factors affecting students reading skill. The aim of this study was to describe and to analyze the contribution of national examination score Indonesian Languange in high school and reading strategies toward students' reading comprehension skill. This study used the quantitative method with the descriptive correlational design. The population was 4996 students who attended Bahasa Indonesia subject in Universitas Negeri Padang, and 370 students were taken as samples by using proportional stratified random sampling. The instruments of this study was data reading comprehension test which has been valid and reliable. The result showed that: (1) there was not the contribution of national examination score Indonesian Languange in high school toward students reading comprehension skill; (2) there was the contribution of reading strategies toward students reading comprehension skill; (3) there was the contribution of national examination score Indonesian Languange in high school and reading strategies toward students reading comprehension skill.