The Use of Silent Reading in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension and Their Achievement in TOEFL Score at a Private English Course

The purpose of the study is to analyze the use of silent reading in improving students’ reading comprehension and their achievement in TOEFL Score at a Private English Course. The methodology used in the study is quantitative model of analysis base by using inferential statistics analysis; the measurement of correlation coefficient and t-test. The respondents used are students of Private English Course, and the sampling technique used is random stratified sampling with 55 people as the respondents. The result of the research shows that the use of silent reading has a significant and positive influence toward improving students’ reading comprehension and their achievement in TOEFL Score on the study object.