THE EFFECT OF READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY MASTERY ON STUDENTS' WRITING ACHIEVEMENT FOR SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS AT UIN RADEN MAS SAID SURAKARTA

Abstract

This study looks at how reading comprehension and vocabulary skills influence the writing abilities of sixth-semester students at UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta. This study used a quantitative approach, applying Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, which were carried out using SPSS. The results of the study indicate that there is a very weak and not important relationship between reading comprehension and writing skills, with a correlation of r = 0.079 and a significance level of 0.672, which is greater than 0.05. The connection between knowing vocabulary well and writing skill is quite weak and not important (r = 0.041; Sig. 0.829 > 0.05). At the same time, there is a strong connection between understanding what you read and knowing a lot of words (r = 0.875), but this does not have a big impact on writing skills. The analysis shows that reading comprehension and vocabulary skills only have a tiny effect on writing ability, making up just 1% (R Square = 0.010). The ANOVA test also indicates that there is no important effect (Sig. 0.871 is greater than 0.05). In some ways, neither of the two independent variables has a significant effect on writing skills. To sum up, the ability to understand what they read and knowing a lot of words does not have a big impact on the writing skills of sixth-semester students at UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta. Other things like grammar, how ideas are arranged, motivation, creativity, and writing practice probably have a bigger impact on how well students write.