%A Najwa Dissa  Nabila 
%T THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS? READING
PERCEPTION AND READING COMPREHENSION IN
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
%X This study aimed to explore the relationship between students? perceptions
of descriptive texts and their reading comprehension skills at SMA Al
Kautsar. The research adopted a quantitative approach with a correlational
design. Data were collected using a questionnaire to assess students?
perceptions and a reading comprehension test to evaluate their skills. The
sample consisted of 36 tenth-grade students, selected randomly. The
findings revealed a significant correlation between students? perceptions of
descriptive texts and their reading comprehension abilities, with a
correlation coefficient of r=0.607. This suggests that students with a positive
perception of descriptive texts tend to perform better in reading
comprehension. The study concludes that fostering positive perceptions of
learning materials, especially descriptive texts, can be an effective strategy
to enhance students? reading comprehension.
Keywords: students? perception, reading comprehension, correlation,
descriptive text.
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2025
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%L eprints86176