THE INFLUENCE OF READING STRATEGY AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A CORRELATIONAL STUDY AT A STATE ISLAMIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PEKANBARU)

This research was aimed to investigate the influence of reading strategy and self-efficacy on students’ comprehension at State Islamic Senior High School 3 Pekanbaru. The sample taken by using cluster random sampling technique determined size Slovin formula. total population 174 students in five classes 70 two classes. Inferential analysis namely simple multiple regressions were used analyze data SPSS 22 software program. results showed that alternative hypotheses (Ha1, Ha2, Ha3) accepted null (Ho1, Ho2, Ho3) rejected. First, there a significant use with score 0.000 < α = 0.05. It categorized into positive moderate relationship level contributed as much 28.3% comprehension. Second, strong 46.5% Third, simultaneously 50%