Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Literature and Education, ICLLE 2019, 22-23 August, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Research Article

Analysis of Reading Comprehension Skills Reviewed from the Literacy Level of Reading Students in Higher Education

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289481,
        author={Amril  Amir and Afnita  Afnita},
        title={Analysis of Reading Comprehension Skills Reviewed from the Literacy Level of Reading Students in Higher Education },
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Literature and Education, ICLLE 2019, 22-23 August, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICLLE},
        year={2019},
        month={11},
        keywords={reading literacy and reading comprehension skill},
        doi={10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289481}
    }
    
  • Amril Amir
    Afnita Afnita
    Year: 2019
    Analysis of Reading Comprehension Skills Reviewed from the Literacy Level of Reading Students in Higher Education
    ICLLE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289481
Amril Amir1,*, Afnita Afnita1
  • 1: Faculty of Languange and Art, Padang State University, Indonesia
*Contact email: amril.amir23@yahoo.co.id

Abstract

Aim to research this for knowing the level of reading comprehension skills in terms of student literacy levels. The population of 300 students. Next, 171 samples of the maha students selected use a stratified random sampling technique. Instrument research is a questionnaire scale Likert and reading skills tests understanding. Data obtained analyzed with variance analysis ( Analysis of Variance / ANOVA). The results showed that the calculated F value obtained was equal to 5,179, while Sig. on the degrees of freedom (DK) 1 and alpha (α) 0.05 are 0.024, then according to the hypothesis testing criteria through analysis of variance (ANOVA), Sig. smaller than 0.05, which means that there are differences in the level of reading comprehension skills of students when viewed from the literacy level. Students who have high reading literacy, the level of reading skills are also high.