Abstract :
ABSTRACT
Reading is the window to the world, it appears as one of important skill to
achieve. In this technological era, students are demanded to cultivate their
reading habit in order to be able to compete for their future life. This study
aimed to find out whether there was a correlation between reading habit and
reading achievement of the eighth graders at a private junior high school in
Palembang. It was a correlational study as a part of quantitative research
design. Eighty-five students were the samples of this study selected by using
purposive sampling technique. Reading comprehension test and reading
habit questionnaire were used to collect the data of students? reading
comprehension achievement and reading habit. Those da ta were analyzed
by Pearson Product Moment formula. The result of desscriptive statistic
analysis reported students? reading comprehension achievement: 49.4% of
students belonged to good level of achievement, while 49.4% of them
placed the excellent level of achievemen. Then 1.2% belong to avarage level
of achievement. Furthermore, the results of Pearson Product Moment
formula indicated that there was significant correlation between reading
habit and reading achievement. It can be clearly seen that having intensive
reading habit might contribute the improvement of reading comprehension
achievement.
Keywords: Reading habit, reading achievement