The Correlation between Reading Comprehension and Writing Narrative Text Ability of the Third Semester Students of English Study Program Teachers Training and Education Faculty of University of Riau

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The Correlation between Reading Comprehension and Writing Narrative Text Ability of the Third Semester Students of English Study Program Teachers Training and Education Faculty of University of Riau Ronald Ershadi P, Muhammad Syarfi, Desri Maria Sumbayak Teachers Training and Education Faculty University of Riau Abstract This research was intended to know how significant the correlation between reading comprehension and writing narrative text ability of the third semester students of English Study Program, Teachers Training and Education Faculty of Riau University. The researcher used reading comprehension test and writing a summary test to see how significant the correlation between the two variables. The research started on October 23th 2012. There are two stages to do this research. First is held a try out and second is take a real test. For try out, there some questions that have to revised, because there is a question is difficult and some are too easy. So, the researcher has to change it. After that he takes a real test of reading comprehension and writing a summary. Based on the finding, it was concluded that there was a correlation between reading comprehension and writing narrative text ability of the students and it was in moderate level.