The Effects of Reading Interest and Adjective Mastery Towards Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text
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This study investigates the impact of reading interest and adjective mastery on students' reading comprehension in narrative text at public senior high schools in West Jakarta. The research, a quantitative study using a survey method and 88 students, found that reading interest and adjective mastery had a significant impact on students' comprehension. The partial contribution of reading interest and adjective mastery was 35.2%. The effects of reading interest were also significant, with a score of Sig. 0.000 < 0.05 and Fcount = 23,049, and a score of Sig. 0.000 < 0.05 and tcount = 4,621. Adjective mastery had a significant effect, with a score of Sig. 0,010 < 0.05 and tcount = 3,305.
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