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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 52 master students of English Language Education at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan to test how severe the writing skill caused by lack of reading skill. 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 to find the major problems in their writing.The results show that the reading habits and writing skills of the students are in the neutral levels.The Product Moment correlation is = 0.610,it is higher than r table with the Sig 0,000<0.05(rxy= 0.610>(rt ) =0.304).Based on 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 &