The Relationship Between Students’ Reading Comprehension and Their Achievement in English

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between students' reading comprehension and their achievement in English at Yarmouk University. The sample consisted of 150 female and male students. It was chosen randomly from all English101 students at Yarmouk University in the second semester of the academic year 2016-2017. To answer the questions of the study, the researcher used a reading comprehension test which consisted of 20 multiple-choice items and an achievement test which consisted of 40 multiple-choice items. The findings revealed that students' reading comprehension was of a medium degree and their achievement in English was of a medium degree, too. Besides, there were no statistically significant differences in students' reading comprehension or in their achievement due to gender. On the other hand, there were statistically significant differences in students' reading comprehension and in their achievement due to college in favor of the college of science. Moreover, there was a statistically significant relationship between students' reading comprehension and their achievement in English since reading comprehension positively affects students' achievement. Finally, the researcher recommended conducting further research to investigate the link between students' reading comprehension and their achievement in English since research in this area is rare.