The Contribution of Cognitive Style to Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This research is aimed at describing the cognitive styles and reading comprehension of the German Language students. Cognitive style is one of the significant aspects in determining the success of a student. Besides, Cognitive style or "thinking style" is a concept used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information. Cognitive style can be defined as “the behavior pattern which implemented by the student during the learning process” therefore, each student’s cognitive style might be different and varies compare to the others. It was conducted using the descriptive method with the correlation design, which the data had been collected by using questionnaires and test. The sample is the German students in the 5th semester in the batch year of 2018-2019, with the total of the respondents were 24 students which has been randomly selected. The results of research show that t calculates is greater than t table (t cal = 3.058> t tab = 2.074). It means that there is a significant correlation between cognitive style and learning outcomes of reading comprehension. This means that the higher a person's cognitive style, the better learning outcomes are obtained.