easy and poor items item 2, 8, 14, 27, 50, 51 and 55, 3 easy and bad items item 3, 30 and 36, 1 average and excellent item item 15, 6
average and satisfactory items item 9, 13, 20, 37, 42 and 43, 14 average and good items item 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 33, 34, 37, 42, 43,
58, 59, and 60, 5 average and poor items item 28, 41, 44, 48, and 49, 1 average and bad item item 47, 2 difficult and satisfactory items
item 10 and 32 and 4 difficult and poor items item 11, 31, 53 and 54 were administered. appendix 12
Analyzing the data, the researcher found out that there were 20 invalid items item 2, 3, 8, 11, 14, 27, 28, 30, 31, 36, 41, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51,
53, 54, and 55 appendix 12. Hence, the researcher deleted those items and only tested 40 items item 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 52, 56, 57, 58, 59, and 60 to the sample class.
e. Scoring System
The researcher used multiple choices in order to gain the objectivity of the result. In scoring the stud
ents’ work, the researcher used Arikunto’s formula 2005:236. The ideal highest score was 100. The
score of reading test will be calculated by using the following formula: S =
100 Where:
S : The score of the test
R : Number of the right answers
T : Total number of the items on the test
Arikunto, 2005: 236
3.6. Procedures of the Research
In collecting the data, the researcher used following steps:
1. Determining research problem
In determining the sample, the researcher chose students in two classes of second grade of SMAN 7 Bandar Lampung. The research problem could
be seen in chapter one.
2. Determining the research instrument
The researcher examined the students’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
and their reading comprehension by giving a questionnaire and reading compehension test. The questionnaire was consisted of 50 items and the
reading comprehension test was consisted of 60 items and was administered for about 2 x 45 minutes. The questionnaire has four options
that described about characteristic of the learners. Reading compehension is multiple-choice, has four alternative answers i.e. a, b, c, or d. For the
reading comprehension, there is only one correct answer and three distracters.
3. Selecting and determining the materials
The materials of the reading comprehension in this research were based on the School Based Curriculum 2013 for the second grade students.
4. Trying out the instruments
