The Comparison of the Reading Achievement between Reading on Screen and Printed Text Towards the First Year English Department Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the students’ reading achievement between reading on screen and printed text towards the first year English Department students of University of Islam Malang. This study used quantitative research design. The participants of this study were 60 students, the first year English Department students from class C and D. The students were randomized into two groups, where class C as the experimental group read on screen and class D as the control group read on printed text. The instrument of this study was a news article with 10 multiple choice questions and 10 true false statements adopted from Breaking News English with the title “Dietary Supplements” by Sean Banville. To analyze the data, the researcher used Independent Sample T-test. The finding revealed that there was a significant difference on students’ reading achievement based on the students’ reading score. It was proved by the significant difference on the mean score of both groups. The mean score of the experimental group was 85.33 while the mean score of the control group was 75.00. Then, the result of sig. (2-tailed) value showed that p value 0.008 was lower than α 0.05, (0.008 < 0.05). Hence, it can be concluded that the students who read on screen scored higher in reading achievement than the students who read printed text towards the first year English Department students of University of Islam Malang.