THE CORRELATION OF FREEWRITING AND WRITING SKILL AT PONDOK PESANTREN ANNUQAYAH IN GULUK-GULUK SUMENEP
Abstract
Pesantren (Islamic Boarding School) has transformed from religious study to be a part of the educational system in Indonesia. It means that Pesantren does not only teach religious studies but also encourages the santri (students in Pesantren) to acquire English as the international language. Furthermore, this study is to determine the correlation between free writing activities and writing skills. Writing skill is one of the important ways to learn English that involves students’ ideas to write text. One way to write all of students’ ideas is to apply their ability on freewriting activities. This research uses a quantitative approach by using statistical method is correlation coefficient r product moment. The instruments are questionnaires and documentation. The population in this research is the students at Pesantren Annuqayah in Guluk-Guluk Sumenep.
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