@thesis{thesis,
		author={Hartono  Elvina},
		title ={The correlation between EFL reading motivation and reading comprehension ability},
		year={2016},
		url={http://repository.wima.ac.id/id/eprint/8723/},
		abstract={Students’ motivation for reading in English has not received much attention in Indonesia, despite of the importance of motivation for students’ learning as the previous L1 studies revealed. The objective of this study was to examine EFL high school students’ motivations
for reading in English. Moreover, this study was aimed 
to determine whether the students' motivations for EFL reading correlated with their reading comprehension ability.
The modified Motivation for Reading Questionnaire and a reading comprehension test were used as the instrument
to be distributed to forty five grade twelve 
students in a private school in Surabaya. The Pearson
correlation and multiple regression analysis were conducted
to analyze the data. 
The result reveals that students’ curiosity over topics of their interest as well as desire to outperform their peers motivated them to read in English as a foreign language.
Most of the reading motivations examined did not have 
significant relationship with students’ reading comprehension ability, which is the combination of literal, reorganization, inferential, evaluation, and appreciation comprehension. It was only enjoyment in reading
dimension which had a significant correlation
(p-value = 0.031; r = 0.321) with students’ reading comprehension ability. However, it was found that the students  had low enjoyment in English reading. Thus, the 
finding indicates that teaching strategies to 
encourage students’ enjoyment in English reading are required.}
		}