Abstract :
This research aimed to describe the relationship between reading self-efficacy and
their achievement in reading comprehension. The method which was used in this
research was correlational research. The population of the research was the fifth
semester students of achievement of English education study program students of
UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. There are 103 students from four classes as the
population in this research. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling
which consist of 81 students. Furthermore, there were two variables in this
research. The first one was reading self-efficacy (variable X) and the second one
was students? achievement in reading comprehension (variable Y). The students?
reading self-efficacy score was taken from the questionnaire whereas the student?
achievement in reading comprehension was taken from reading TOEFL. Based on
the data analysis, it was found that the r-obtained (-0.033) was lower than r-table
(0.206). then the level of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) was 0.772. It
means that p (0.772) was higher than 0.05. It means that null hypothesis (H0) is
accepted and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is rejected. From the research
finding, it can be concluded that there was no significant relationship between
reading self-efficacy and reading comprehension achievement. It means that
students? reading self-efficacy is not a dominant factor that affects reading
comprehension achievement.