THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 24 MAKASSAR ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019
| Main Author: | Nur, Hardianti |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.unm.ac.id/14640/1/HARDIANTI%20NUR.%201552042009.%20PBI.%20FBS.%20UNM.pdf http://eprints.unm.ac.id/14640/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACT Hardianti Nur, 2019. The Correlation between Students’ Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension at the Second-Grade Students of Smpn 24 Makassar Academic Year 2018/2019. Thesis. English Department, Faculty of Languages and Literature . State University of Makassar (supervised by Munir and Ulil Amri). This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension. The researcher used correlational design with quantitative approach. The population in this research was the second-grade students of SMPN 24 Makassar totaled 351 students. The number of sample was 36 students determined using cluster random sampling technique. The instruments of collecting the data used test and documentation. Vocabulary test focused on meaning aspect of vocabulary while reading comprehesnion test focused on literal and interpretative comprehension level with narrative and descriptive text. The technique used to analyze the data by using SPSS 25.00 for windows. The result of this study showed mean score of the students’ vocabulary is 80,96 and mean score of the students’ reading comprehension is 76,66. This research has positive correlation based on the scatterplot graph. Based on the calculated correlation coefficient, this research has strong correlation, because the correlation coefficient is 0.605. Analysis of data through calculating using SPSS 25.00 for windows, the data indicated that N. Sig is 0,000. N. Sig < 0.05, it means that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and automatically the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It can be concluded that there was positive correlation between students’ vocabulary and reading comprehension at second-grade students of SMPN 24 Makassar Academic Year 2018/2019. Key words : Correlation, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension