The Correlation Between Students’ Online Reading Habits with Their English Writing Ability at SMA Global Mandiri Cibubur
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https://doi.org/10.33541/jet.v11i3.8743Keywords:
EFL, online reading, reading habits, writing skillsAbstract
This study examines the correlation between tenth-grade students' online English reading habits and their English writing ability at SMA Global Mandiri Cibubur. The background of the study is that students' use of digital media has been growing and has the potential to influence their language skills. This study employed a quantitative method with correlational design. The population of the study was 57 tenth-grade randomly selected students. Online reading habit assessment questionnaire and writing ability test in English were employed to collect data. Pearson Product Moment statistical method was employed in analyzing the data to determine the extent of correlation between the two variables under study. The findings indicated that writing ability is highly and positively correlated with students' reading online behavior with Sig. 2-tailed count value less than the significance level (0.05) i.e., 0.00 and the result of the Pearson correlation test showed a strong positive correlation between the variables (r = 0.941, p < 0.05). Since the obtained r-value (0.941) exceeds the critical r-value from the r-table 0.260), the correlation is considered statistically significant. Therefore, one can conclude that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) of this research is accepted. This study is anticipated to contribute significantly to school English language instruction methods, as well as increased student engagement in online reading exercises as a deliberate means of developing their writing ability
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