THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LEARNING MOTIVATION AND READING COMPREHENSIONOF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 2 TEGALLALANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

This study was intended to determine the correlation between motivation and reading comprehension by answering the short answer test. The present study made use of an ex-post facto research with a correlation design. The research sample was the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Tegallalang in academic year 2021/2022. The samples of the research were chosen by means of a random sampling method with lottery system so that they were 69samples who are selected in this research. The data which were needed for the present study were collected through administering questionnaires and short answer test as the research instruments. To collect the data, the researcher used these two research instruments. To collected data were than analyzed by using SPSS 26 pre-requisite analysis; normality and homogeneity test and hypothesis testing: Pearson productmoment correlation and t-test. Based on the statistical analysis, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between motivation and reading comprehension of the eight grade students of SMPN 2 Tegallang in academic year 2021/2022.