Contribution of Reading Comprehension and Reading Interest Skills to the Text Writing Exposition Skills

This research aims to describe the contribution of reading comprehension skills and reading interest together to the exposition text writing skills of class X high school students in Lima Puluh Kota. This research is a quantitative research using descriptive methods and correlational designs. The population of this research was 776 students of class X of Senior High Schools in Lima Puluh Kota. The sample in this research amounted to 85 students. Next, the data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation test, multiple correlation test, t test, and f test.The results of the research is reading comprehension skills and reading interest together contribute to the writing skills of textual exhibitions. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that reading comprehension skills and reading interest contribute to the writing skills of exposition text students in class X of SMA Negeri in Lima Puluh Kota.