Reason for Choosing the Topic Statement of the Problem Objective of the Study Significance of the Study

1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic

This research deals with the analysis of students’ achievement in reading recount text and its correlation to their writing ability of the same text. The reasons for choosing this topic are as follows: 1 Reading is the most important skill in learning a foreign language besides listening, speaking and writing, and it is also used as a bridge to understanding scientific books written in English. 2 Writing should be considered as the teacher’s way to observe how far hisher students understand the passage, especially recount text. 3 The writer is interested in proving whether the traditional conviction of the English teachers that students’ ability in mastering the language skills, especially reading and writing, influence each other is true or not. 4 There is no guarantee that students who are fluent in reading texts will succeed in expressing their ideas in written form also.

1.3 Statement of the Problem

Having discussed the general background of the problems for this study as stated above, the writer formulates the research problem as follows: Is there any significant correlation between students’ achievement in reading recount text and their writing of the same text?

1.4 Objective of the Study

The study is expected to achieve the following objectives: 1 To find out whether students’ reading skill influences their writing ability in learning recount text. 2 To analyze how significant is the correlation of the two skills in learning recount text.

1.5 Significance of the Study

The result of this study is expected to be useful for the following: 1 For Teachers The result of this study can be used as information to teachers that students, who are good in reading ability, may not always be good in writing ability. So, it can make them more creative in teaching learning process, especially in teaching reading and writing recount text. 2 For students The result of this study will be useful for them to improve and develop their ability both in reading and writing. 3 For schools The result of this study can be used as a guide to improve their students’ learning achievement. 4 For Observers The procedures and outcomes of this research hopefully will inspire other interested researchers to conduct studies with similar themes.

1.6 Hypothesis