In this research, the researcher found that the students of SMAN 1
Kundur, Karimun regency still had problem in their reading comprehension.
Besides, this school used KTSP as a curriculum to teaching learning process and
every teacher was experienced in teaching learning English. Nevertheless, in the
real condition showed that many students have low ability in comprehending the
reading text.
The main purpose of this research is to find out whether there is any
significant contribution between background knowledge and reading
comprehension at the second year students of SMAN 1 Kundur Karimun Regency
or not.
The subject of this research was the second year students of SMAN 1
Kundur, Karimun Regency. The total of the population was 154 students consist
of 5 classes. In this research the researcher took 20% from each class, they are 30
students as a sample. In choosing the sample the researcher used proportional
random sampling. The object of this study was to identify how is students
Background Knowledge, how is students reading comprehension and is there any
significant contribution between background knowledge and reading
comprehension. In collecting the data, the researcher used test. Then in analyzing
the data the researcher used Simple Regression by using SPSS version 17.
After conducting the research, analyzing, and calculating the data, the
result showed that the coefficient score is 0.000 which is lower that 0.05, it means
that Alternative Hypothesis is accepted. And the coefficient correlation was 0.818,
which categorized into good category and the contribution of background
knowledge toward reading comprehension 66.9%.
The conclusion is there was positive significant contribution between
Background Knowledge and Reading Comprehension at the second year students
of SMAN 1 Kundur Karimun Regency
