A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEABILITY IN COMPREHENDING READING TEXT OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTSAT SMAN 3 BATANG HARI JAMBI

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Abstract

This research was aimed to find out the correlation betweenvocabulary mastery and theability in comprehending reading text. The design of this research was correlational one. The population is Students of SMAN 3 Batang Hari Jambi. The number of sample was 30 students selected by using random sampling technique. To get the data the researcher gave vocabulary and reading test then analyzed the data by using Pearson Product Moment Formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher got the value of r–counted. It was 0.78. The value of r-counted compared with the value of r-table. It was 0.362. It means r-counted>r-table. Therefore, the relationship between students’ vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension was significant. It also can be concluded that the correlation between students’vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension was high correlation.       

Key words: correlation, vocabulary mastery, reading comprehension