READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING IN STUDENTS OF THE SPECIALTY OF SPANISH AND LITERATURE OF THE FACULTY OF PEDAGOGY AND HUMAN UNCP

Abstract

The research is applied and descriptive level. The method used was a correlational descriptive design. Reading comprehension was investigated and its relationship to the level of student writing of the I and IX semesters majoring in Spanish and Literature at the Faculty of Education and Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru. There was a sample of 72 students to whom it was administered a reading comprehension test as well as tools for measuring the level of writing. The results showed us that there is a direct and high positive correlation between reading comprehension and writing in the I semester students majoring in Spanish and Literature at the Faculty of Education and Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru, because the Pearson’s r was: r = 0.791. It was also determined that there is a direct and high positive correlation between reading comprehension and writing in the ninth semester students majoring in Spanish and Literature at the Faculty of Education and Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru, as evidenced the result of Pearson’s r: r = 0.683. And a third conclusion stated that there is a direct positive relationship between high performance in reading comprehension and writing in the students of I and IX semester majoring in Spanish and Literature at the Faculty of Education and Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru, as shown by the result: r Pearson = 0.7197546.