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The purpose of the research was to find out and analyze the positive
correlation between the students’ reading motivation and their reading
comprehension at tenth grade students of SMAN 6 Kota Tangerang in academic
years 2018/2019. The population of the research was the whole classes of tenth
grade students of SMAN 6 Kota Tangerang which consist of 378 students. Then,
there were 79 students was selected as the sample of the research by using Simple
Random Sampling. The data were collected by using MRP-R Reading Survey to
test students’ reading motivation (variable X) and Short Answer Task to test
students’ reading comprehension (variable Y). The result of this research can
prove the hypothesis that showed there is correlation between students’ reading
motivation and their reading comprehension. In other hand, if students’ reading
motivation is high then their reading comprehension will also high. So, it can be
concluded that there is positive correlation between students’ reading motivation
and their reading comprehension at tenth grade students of SMAN 6 Kota
Tangerang in academic years 2018/2019.