THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC INFLUENCE ON THE LEARNERS AS THE READERS

As learners of the English language, they were a good reader is one of the main aims. To realize this one is not an easy act. There are many influences; one of them is sociolinguistic. This research purposed to describe the influence of sociolinguistic on the learners as the reader. This is a Descriptive Research. The research participants were the Fourth Semester of English Study Program students at the Islamic University of Indragiri Tembilahan. The data was collected from spreading the questionnaire. After analyzing the data, the researcher found a very significant influence than the other very high influence was motivation, which motivation is imperative for the learner as the reader. The mean score of all indicators was 77.93; it was indicated that the influence of sociolinguistics on the learner as the reader was great.


INTRODUCTION
English is one of the international languages that people in the world widely use.
In the global era, people are extended to master English to communicate with others in various countries. As a tool of international communication, English should be used by people who live in a country that uses the English language to interact or communicate.
General English is a means of communication that is used to transfer knowledge or information to others. So people must learn English. Nowadays one way to increase or develop their knowledge and experience is by reading. This is because many books were written in the English language. As we know that reading is a comprehending process. The learners can be developed independently in societies by a literacy tradition developed. Reading must always be a process of getting meaning and connecting what the author's information was written. In the reading process, a reader tries to understand what they have read. Understanding the idea of the English text is hard to do for many decides what languages will be recognized in courts or education? In this case, Wardhaugh (2006:13) defined sociolinguistics as concerned with investigating the relationships between language and society to understand better the structure of language and how language functions in communication.
A language used in a specific society is different from a language used in other societies. Students always use language to interact with others. According to Holmes (2001:1), "Sociolinguistics study the relationship between language and society. They are interested in explaining why we speak differently in different social contexts; they are concerned with identifying the social functions of language and the ways it is used to convey social meaning". So to understand language, students should the elements involved in the conversation in daily life.
Sociolinguistic variables are an influence on readers and preferences for certain reading materials. The general observation is that reading materials are not suitable due to several factors playing an influential role. These sociolinguistic variables are closely interwoven, and it is not easy to deal with one aspect without referring to the other (Piottrowsky,1989:72) in Smith (2012:148).

Reading Skill
Reading is vital for help students to gain information such as general knowledge and has an essential place in learning English. Through reading people, students can improve their knowledge to ensure continuing personal growth regarding reading skills and adjusting to change. According to Alyousef (2005) and Murcia (2001) in Amri (2018:64), reading is an interactive process between a reader and a text. It is a set of skills that incorporates engaging sense and getting meaning from the printed words. The reader interacts dynamically with the text in this process as he strives to gain details and various knowledge. It infers in the reading activity, he does not only adjust on exposing the level of the words, but it also grasps the details on the text. Principally, the primary objective of reading is to grasp what is being read.
According to Nunan (2003: 68) in Maizarah ( 2018:15), reading is a fluent reader process combining text and background knowledge to build meaning. Reading is to comprehend; therefore, reading skill is very important to help students comprehend the text with different background knowledge. Besides that, reading students can increase their knowledge and information such as culture, politics, economics, and social. This is because they automatically connect their knowledge with new information or knowledge from what they are reading. In addition, sometimes, the readers will get a new conclusion as new knowledge for them.
In summary, reading can be a means of extending and consolidating someone's knowledge of the language. The reader can grab any pleasure and information about the subject of the language. Therefore, information or a message that comes from an author can be understood easily by the reader. The reader will know what they are read and get challenged to respond to the author's ideas.

RESEARCH METHOD
This research is descriptive. Gay (2000:275) stated that "descriptive study determines and describes the way things are. The total population used in this study was 20 students. The technique was used to take the sample is total sampling, so the sample of this study was 20 students of the fourth semester of the English Study Program in the Islamic University of Indragiri Tembilahan. The technique used to collect the data was the questionnaire which consists of 15 statements. The data were analyzed by this formula: The mean score = f = frequency x = 5-1(specific value given) ∑f = total number of students The following criteria for the interpretation of the score by the end interval:

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This inquiry purposes of investigating the influence of sociolinguistic on the learners as the reader. After collecting and analyzing the data, they found the findings as following: