THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING HABIT AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS OF UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]

Amalia, Kiki (2017) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING HABIT AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS OF UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.

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Abstract

This study investigated the correlation between reading habit and writing achievement, and explored the influence of reading habit on writing achievement of undergraduate English major students of UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. A total of 103 fifth semseter students participated in this study. The questionnaire and test were used to collect the data. For this purpose, the reading habit questionnaire developed by Janthong and Sripethpun (2010) measured students’ reading habit, and the writing test using rubric from Diablo Valley College (2012) was used to know students’ writing achievement. There were five classfied from very good to vey poor based on the results of reading habit questionnaire and writing test. Descriptive stastistic, Pearson product moment correlation and regression anlaysis were employed to analyze the data. Based on the data analysis, it was found that r (.664) < rtable (.207) with significant level which was higher than 0.05. Thus, it indicated that there was significant correlation between reading habit and writing achievement. It was implied that good reading habit caused good writing achievement. Because of that finding, there was need to conduct regression analysis to check the influence of the reading habit on writing achievement. It was found that t(8.331) <ttable (1.662). Moreover, several suggestions for students, English foreign langauge (EFL) instructors, and future research are addressed in the present study.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Uncontrolled Keywords: readinghabit, writing achievement,, and undergraduate English major students
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: perpus perpus perpus
Date Deposited: 14 Jun 2017 02:56
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2017 02:56
URI: http://eprints.radenfatah.ac.id/id/eprint/893

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