91 ENGLISH EDUCATION JOURNAL (E2J) Research Journal https://www.ejournal.lppmunidayan.ac. id/index.php/english e-ISSN: 2686-3731 p-ISSN: 2460-0504 Author's Correspondence E-mail: syafitri.ning@gmail.com Publisher: English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin Address: Jl. Sultan Dayanu Ikhsanuddin No. 124 Baubau, Postal Code 93724 Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ READING HABIT AND READING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Nining Syafitri English Education Department, Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin Jl. Sultan Dayanu Ikhsanuddin No. 124 Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia 1. INTRODUCTION Learning English as one of the foreign languages is an everyday activity that should be done to English language learners now. In profounding their knowledge, there are some problems that the learners have. Suleiman (1983) et al. in Akbari [1] explained that the general deficiency of English language learners has been due to various factors: lack of knowledge when they entered the university, school and English department curricula, teaching methods, lack of the target Article Info Article history: Received: 14/10/2019 Received in revised form: 31/10/2019 Accepted: 06/11 /2019 Abstract The problem statement of this research was whether there was a correlation between reading habits and students' reading comprehension skills in learning English as a foreign language. The method of the research used a quantitative approach by using a correlational design. Based on R-value (0.588), the correlation between reading habits and students’ reading comprehension skills was moderate, and the linear regression model was Y = -6.758 + 0.605X. Based on the model, it is stated that there was a positive correlation between reading habits and reading comprehension skills in learning English. It was concluded that reading habits and reading comprehension skills had a proportional relationship. Keywords: English Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habit.