Vol. 2 No. 2 (2018): Edumedia: Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

This research is a study on the correlation between the students’ ability in using
reference words and the students’ reading comprehension of the second semester of FISIP
UnkaSintangin academic year 2017/2018.The method of this research was a correlational Study.
The subject of the research was 32 students.The technique of data collecting was measurement
and the tool of collecting data was a test in form of a multiple choice. From the computation, it
can be concluded that the correlation between the students’ score performance on test 1 and
their performance on test 2 is significant. The correlation occurred at r (coefficient correlation)
= 0, 51 and the value of t-test (4.14) higher than the value of t-table (2, 048). In other words, the
correlation between the students’ ability in using references and the students’ reading
comprehension of the second semester of FISIP Unka Sintang is significant.