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Abstract: For a college student, reading and writing are very necessary for the success of their studies. Bad reading habit can severe their knowledge and comprehension on their field of subjects.We designed a correlation study with fifty-two master students of English Language Education at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta to test how severe the writing skill caused by lack of reading skill. The questionnaires The European Writing Survey (EUWRIT) was administered. The data were analyzed by using SPSS including One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, ANOVA, and Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient. Writing samples were also collected from them to find the major problems in their writing. The results show that the reading habits and writing skills of the students are in the medium or at the neutral levels. The Product Moment correlation is = 0.610, it is higher than r table value with the Sig 0,000 < 0.05 (rxy= 0.610> (rt ) =0.304). Moreover, based on the calculation of the t test, it is found that value of t observe= 5.58 and it is higher than t table (1.70). F score is 352,524 at the significant 0,000 &