THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MASTERY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AT THE SECOND YEAR OF MAN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG
Abstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada korelasi antara penguasaan kosakata dan penguasaan tata bahasa terhadap kemampuan membaca pemahaman siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain ex-post facto co-relational. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah kelas XI MIA 1 MAN 2 Bandar Lampung yang terdiri dari 35 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk penelitian ini adalah tes kosakata, tes tata bahasa, dan tes membaca pemahaman. Data berupa angka yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan Pearson Product Moment Correlation dan Multiple Linear Regression Test. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi yang signifikan antara penguasaan kosakata dan tata bahasa siswa dengan kemampuan pemahaman membaca mereka dengan koefisien korelasi adalah .865, .796, .867. Oleh karena itu, pembelajaran kosakata dan tata bahasa harus ditingkatkan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca pemahaman.
The objective of this research was to find out whether there is a correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery, grammar mastery, and their reading comprehension ability. This study used ex post facto co-relational design. The subject of this research was class XI MIA 1 of MAN 2 Bandar Lampung consisting of 35 students. The instruments were vocabulary test, grammar test, and reading comprehension test. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression Test. The result showed that there is a significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery, grammar mastery, and their reading comprehension ability with the coefficient of correlation were .865, .796, .867. Therefore, vocabulary mastery and grammar mastery should be improved to have a good reading comprehension ability.
Keywords: vocabulary mastery, grammar mastery, reading comprehension ability
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