The Correlation Between Reading Comprehension and Writing Ability in Descriptive Text
Keywords:
Reading Comprehension, Writing Ability, Descriptive Text
Abstract
This study focuses on correlation between reading comprehension and writing ability in descriptive text. The researchers collect the data through two instruments, i.e. test of reading comprehension and descriptive text writing. This research is researched quantitatively and SPSS was used to analyse the data. Then, the result of the study shows that mean score of reading comprehension is 72.47. It means that the students reading comprehension was good. Meanwhile, the mean score of writing ability in descriptive text is 61.14. In addition, the researchers found that r-counted is 0.098, and the r-table with n = 108 (df-2 = 106) with significance level = 95% (α = 0.05) is 0.189. It indicates low correlation between the two variables.References
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Fraenkel, J., Wallen, N., & Hyun, H. (2011). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Gay, L. (2006). Education Research: Competence for Analysis and Applications (8th ed.). Colombus: Charles E. Meril.
Jacobs, J. A. (2002). Sociology of Education. JSTOR, 75(3), 211–230. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3090266
Koons, H. H. (2008). The Reading-Writing Connection: An Investigation of the Relationship between Reading Ability and Writing Quality across Multiple Grades and Three Writing Discourse Modes. University of North Carolina.
Lestari, et al (2018). The Correlations among Undergraduate EFL Students’ Reading Habit, Multiple Intelligences, and Writing Mastery. IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics), 2(2), 2018
Martinez Lirola, Maria & Irwin, Derek S. (2016). Challenges in the Application of Genre Theory to Improve L2 Academic Writing: Effective Reports and Assessment. ASIAN TEFL, 1(1), 2016
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Maula, I. (2015). The Correlation between Students’ Reading Habit and their Ability of Writing Narrative Text. State University of Semarang.
Maybodi, A. S. P. & Maibodi, A.H. (2017). The Effect of Teaching Summarization Strategies on Reading Comprehension of Science and Humanities Iranian High School Students. Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 2(1), 2017
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Qomariyah, S.S. & Permana, D. (2016). Process Based Approach towards Students’ Creativity in Writing English Paragraph. IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics), 1(1), 2016
Saeheng, Pornpimon. (2017). A Study of e-Learning, Blended learning, and Traditional Teaching Methods to Motivate Autonomous Learning in English Reading Comprehension of Thais Learners. IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics), 2(1), 2017.
Setianingsih, I. S. (2017). Factors Affecting the English Reading Literacy of Junior High School Students. IJELTAL (Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics), 1(2), 2017.
Setyowati, Lestari. (2016). Analyzing the Students' ability in Writing Opinion Essay Using Flash Fiction. JELTL (Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics), 1(1), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/jeltl.v1i1.1
Sukmadinata, N. S. (2009). Metode Penelitian Pendidikan. Bandung: PT. Remaja Roesdakarya.
Tsai, J. (2006). Connecting Reading and Writing in College EFL Courses. Retrieved April 12, 2018, from http://iteslj.org/Articles/Tsai-ReadingWritingConnection.html
Zainal, Z., & Husin, S. H. B. . (2011). A study on the effects of reading on writing performance among faculty of civil engineering students. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from http://eprints.utm.my/11872/1/A_Study_On_The_Effects_Of_Readin_On_Wr iting_Performanc_Among_Faculty_Of_Civil_Engineering_Students.pdf
Published
2018-08-01
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Juriati, D., Ariyanti, A., & Fitriana, R. (2018). The Correlation Between Reading Comprehension and Writing Ability in Descriptive Text. Southeast Asian Journal of Islamic Education, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.21093/sajie.v1i1.1150
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