Investigating the associations among EFL students reading attitude, reading motivation, and comprehension (original) (raw)

Reading is crucial in every subject and includes a relationship with the students' achievement. This study was aimed to research whether or not there's correlation between reading attitude and reading comprehension achievement, correlation between reading motivation and reading comprehension achievement, correlation between reading attitude and reading motivation. The study was a correlational study with Pearson-product moment correlation. The samples of this study were 100 Ethiopian grade 11 students. Cluster sampling technique was utilized in this study. Questionnaires of reading attitude, reading motivation, and reading comprehension tests were applied. The questionnaire result revealed that the reading attitude and reading motivation were medium. Furthermore, the results showed that reading attitude and reading comprehension Innovations Content available on Google Scholar Home Page: www.journal-innovations.com Innovations, Number 66 September2021 613 had substantial association. Reading motivation and reading comprehension also had important relationship. The roles of scholars, parents and teachers must work suitably so as to construct the positive reading atmosphere, thus they might achieve the higher achievement in reading even for all subjects.