A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN WRITING HABIT AND WRITING SKILL OF SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007

摘要

ud This research paper is aimed at knowing whether or not there is correlation udbetween writing habit and writing skill of sixth semester student of English uddepartment of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. There are some factors in udwriting habit such as the people’s desire, motivation, interest, and attitude. udThe subject of this research is the sixth semester students of English uddepartment of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. There are 300 students udfrom six classes in this university. The writer uses cluster random sampling in udtaking sample, and she get 50 students from class C. In collecting the data, the udwriter gives questionnaire and writing test. The construct validity is used to know udthe validity of items by using correlation product moment, then to know the udreliability the writer uses Alpha Cronbach. The correlation product moment is udused to analyze the data. udBased on the data calculation, it shows that the obtained rxy is 0.423 when udrtable is 0.279 at level of significance 0.05. If the obtained r xy is higher than r table, udthe obtained rxy 0.423 is positive. So there is positive correlation between writing udhabit and writing skill. The contribution of writing habit in increasing writing skill udis 1,79%. It means that writing habit has role in increasing writing skill, although udin contributes small percentage. Finally, the writer finds out that there is positive udcorrelation between writing habit and writing skill of the sixth semester students udof English department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.