The correlation between students' emotional intelligence and competency on writing paragraph.
<p align="center"> <strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p> <p> <strong>Nabilah Sabrina Nurafrilia</strong><strong>, 2312.016, The Correlation Between Emotioanl Intelligence And Competency In Writing Paragraph At The Fifth Semester Of English Students In IAIN Bukittinggi, 2017.</strong></p> <p> This research is aimed to correlate between students’ emotional intelligence and competency on writing paragraph at the fifth semster of English students in IAIN Bukittinggi, 2017. There are some problems which found in the field. However, the students still get some serious problems; that is the students get problems in writing good sentence and paragraph.</p> <p> This research is a correlational research. The total of population is 125 students, the sample is 24 students which consist of 6 students per class and random sampling is used in order to determine the sample. The data is achieved through questionnaire of emotional intelligence and test for writing. To analyze the data, product moment Coefficient Correlation (<em>r</em>) is used to test the Hypothesis, this research use r-hitung formula and consult the result into r-table with a=0,05.</p> <p> There is positive correlation between emotional intelligence and writing paragraph. The result of the research indicates that the coefficient of correlation (<em>r</em>) gotten was 0,45. Besides, based on Hypothesis testing, the t-score gotten was 0,45 where as r-table on a=0,05 was 0,404. It means, that the r-score is bigger rather the r-table. Thus, the H<sub>a </sub>is accepted and H<sub>o </sub>which states that there is significent correlation between emotional intelligence and competency in writing paragraph is accepted.</p> <p> <em>Key note:</em> <em>emotional intelligence, competency on writing,writing. </em></p>