The correlation between students’ interest in online reading and reading comprehension at MTs Negeri 1 Tuban

Having interest is being aware of and enjoying things. As a result, interest is a crucial element affecting student performance and attention to learning. Furthermore, reading materials like e-books are readily available in the digital age. This study examines the correlation between students' interest in online reading and reading comprehension. A quantitative, correlational research design is used in this study. The researcher used a reading comprehension test to gauge students' understanding of the reading material and a questionnaire to get data on their interest in online reading to address the study issue. The sample consisted of MTs Negeri 1 Tuban ninth-grade students. Interest in online reading and reading comprehension not significantly correlate. Spearman correlation was used to measure interest in online reading, and SPSS 29.0 was used to evaluate the total interest in online reading comprehension test results. According to the data, the correlation coefficient was 0.738, and the p-value was 0.064. Thus, insignificant relationship exists between students' interest in online reading and reading comprehension. As a result, the null hypothesis (H0) was accepted, whereas the hypothesis (Ha) was rejected. Online reading interests among students are classified as a medium that has no discernible impact on their reading comprehension. The study concludes that students' relatively lower interest in reading online does not affect their students' reading comprehension.