THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND THEIR VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEIR ABILITY TO LISTEN ANNOUNCEMENT TEXTS AT SMP PERTIWI 1 PADANG

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Abstract

This research was aimed to find out the correlation between second grade students’ motivation and their vocabulary mastery and their ability to listen announcement texts at SMP Pertiwi 1 Padang. The number of population was 59 students. The researcher took one class as sample by using convenience sampling technique. The classes selected as sample was class VIII.1. The researcher gathered the data by using questionnaire to identify students’ motivation, vocabulary test to measure students’ vocabulary mastery and listening test to measure students’ ability to listen announcement texts. To analyze the data the researcher used the Person Product Moment Formula and Double Correlation Formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher found the coefficient correlation between students’ motivation and their ability to listen announcement texts was 0.145. Because the value of   was 2,060 and  was 0.733, it can be stated that there was no significant correlation. Next, the researcher found the coefficient correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their ability to listen announcement texts was 0.952. Because the value of  was 2,060 and   was 12.551, it can be stated that there was significant correlation. Finally, the researcher found the value of coefficient correlation of three variables was 0.956. Since the value of  was 3.40 (α .05 and df = n-k-1= 24) and  was 127.44, it can be concluded that there was a significant possitive correlation between both students’ motivation and their vocabulary mastery and ability to listen announcement texts. The researcher suggests the teachers to increase students’ motivation, provide vocabulary exercises that improve their vocabulary mastery, and give more listening exercises in order to improve the students’ ability to listen announcement texts.

Key words: correlation, motivation, vocabulary mastery, listening, and announcement text.