The Correlation Between Reading Comprehension With Writing Paragraph For The Fifth Semester Students Of English Departement Of FKIP UKI Toraja

Abstract

The objective of this research is to know whether there is a correlation between the ability in reading comprehension with the ability in writing paragraph /paraphrase. This research used a descriptive method. The population of this research was the fifth semester students of English Department of UKI Toraja, academic year 2013/2014. The total population is 237 students which consists of five groups. Because the population is relative large, the writer employed stratified random sampling method. The instrument that used in collecting the data is the written test, it was used to know whether  there is a correlation between reading comprehension with writing paragraph/paraphrase of the fifth semester students of English Department of FKIP UKI Toraja. The data collected through written test, then analyzed in percentage and then analyzed in work sheet with use Product Moment Correlation analysis. Based on the data analysis, it is proven that there is a positive correlation between reading comprehension with writing paragraph/paraphrase of the fifth semester students of English Department of FKIP UKI Toraja. Where the “r” is +0,627. By observing the result of data analysis above, it can be concluded that there is a positive correlation between reading comprehension with writing paragraph/paraphrase. But the correlation is not perfectly yet because “r” less than +1.