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6 Is there any correlation between
students‟ reading comprehension of Indonesian fiction and their writing ability of English narrative texts?
1.4 The Hypothesis
Hypothesis can be stated in two kinds: alternative hypothesis and null hypothesis. In this thesis, hypothesis is better stated in both alternative hypothesis
and null hypothesis in order to combine different reasons of using it Arikunto, 2007.
The alternative hypothesis is there is correlation between students‟ reading
comprehension of Indonesian fiction and their writing ability of English narrative texts. Alternative hypothesis is stated based on the previous findings or literature
of the second chapter, and the researcher beliefs. Arikunto, 2007 It could be hypothesized that there is no correlation between
students‟ reading comprehension of Indonesian fiction and their writing ability of English
narrative texts. This null hypothesis is formulated in order to get precise statistical testing Gay, 1987 by using a two-tailed test at 0.05 level of significance to reject
it. “We use the null hypothesis and try to reject it. If we are able to reject the null hypothesis, we have support for the alternative hypothesis” Hatch and Farhady,
1982.
1.5 The Assumption
There are some assumptions related to this problem. First, reading English books contributes to writing ability of English texts, since reading and writing in
the same language are related each other. Second, many children like story. Third,
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7 most of the languages have the same patterns. Another assumption is that reading
scientific material contribute to writing achievement.
1.6 The Purpose of the Research
The main purpose of this research is to answer the problem whether there is a correlation between
students‟ reading comprehension of Indonesian fiction and writing ability of English narrative text
s. It is appropriate with Gay‟s 1987 opinion, “A purpose of a correlational study may be to determine relationships
between variables, or to use relationships in making predictions”.
1.7 The Definition of the Key Terms
“The introduction also includes operational definition of terms used in the study which do not have a commonly known meaning
‟ Gay, 1987. There are
some key terms in the present research that need explanatory: a.
Reading comprehension of Indonesian fiction means the result of the reading test about Indonesian fiction
b. Fiction means novel or story, fairy tales read by second grade students of
SMA N 2 Bandung.
c. Writing ability of English narrative texts means the result of writing narrative
test in English.
1.8 The Significance of the Research
The significance of this research is to give another horizon to two general inputs: practical input and theoretical input. Practical input of the research is
related to three important components; the teacher, the students, and the next
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8 researchers. First, the result of the study is important in terms of providing
English teachers with evidence that Indonesian fiction novelstory could be a learning media in reading and writing activities for successful implementation of
2007 curriculum in their class. Second, the students can develop their hobbies, especially in reading Indonesian novel while learning English. The last
significance is it could give contribution to other researchers and whoever is interested in this problem. Meanwhile, theoretical input of the research is that it
might give some contribution to the development of the knowledge, especially in language teaching theories.
1.9 Research Method 1.9.1 Research Method and Design
