Southeast Asian Journal of Islamic Education
Southeast Asian Journal of Islamic Education, Vol. 1(1), 2018

The Correlation Between Reading Comprehension and Writing Ability in Descriptive Text

Juriati, Dewi Eka (Unknown)
Ariyanti, Ariyanti (Unknown)
Fitriana, Rinda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2018

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.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

SAJIE

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Southeast Asian Journal of Islamic Education (Online - ISSN: 2621-5861, Print - ISSN: 2621-5845) is an Islamic Education Journal published by Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of IAIN Samarinda, Indonesia. It is a peer-reviewed journal of Islamic Education, including: Teaching and Learning, ...