CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS` SCORES IN
READING AND WRITING IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Harbin Wisnu Surya Aji
112006132
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS` SCORES IN
READING AND WRITING IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Harbin Wisnu Surya Aji
112006132
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS` SCORES IN
READING AND WRITING IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Harbin Wisnu Surya Aji
112006132
Approved by:
Prof. DR. Gusti Astika, MA. Hendro Setiawan H., MA.
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COPYRI GHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Harbin Wisnu Surya Aji and Prof.DR.GustiAstika.MA. All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
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As a member of t he (SWCU) Sat ya Wacana Christ ian Universit y academic communit y, I verify t hat :
Name: Harbin Wisnu Surya Aji St udent ID Number: 112006132
St udy Program: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Facult y: Facult y of Language and Lit erat ure
ENGLISH DEPARTM ENT OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
along w it h any pert inent equipment .
This declarat ion is made according t o t he best of my know ledge.
M ade in : Salat iga Thesis Supervisor Thesis Examiner
4 ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to find out whether there was any correlation between students’ achievement in Critical Reading and students’ achievement in Narrative and Descriptive Writing at the English Department, Satya Wacana Christian University.Data used in this study were students’ final scores in Critical Reading and Narrative and Descriptive. There were 92 students taking both courses in the semester. The scores were then tested for scores normality by looking at descriptive statistics scores, normality curves, and scatterplots. Since the students’ scores in Critical Reading and Narrative and Descriptive Writing did not have a normal distribution, Spearman Rank Correlation was used instead of Pearson Correlation Coefficient. It was discovered that Critical Reading had a weak correlation with Narrative and Descriptive Writing. This study calls for a further study to be conducted to identify other factor(s) that contribute(s) to the relationship between Critical Reading and Narrative and Descriptive Writing.
