STUDENTS ENGLISH LITERATURE PRODUCTS PREFERENCE AND VOCABULARY IN WRITING

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah siswa dengan preferensi produk literatur yang berbeda mempunyai prestasi vocabulary yang berbeda dalam hal writing. Dalam penelitian ini, apa yang peneliti maksud dengan prestasi vocabulary adalah word count, lexical density, dan readability.Sampel diambil dari mahasiswa Program Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Lampung. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif; peneliti menggunakan studi Co-relational, desain Ex-Post Facto. Ada dua instrument: test text tertulis, dan kuestioner. Hasil diambil dari perbandingan rata rata mean antara sample dengan preferensi yang berbeda dan dianalisa melalui ANOVA. Signifikansi muncul di perbandingan mean lexical density;dengan preferensi film mempunyai rata rata mean tertinggi diantara preferensi produk literatur lainnya. Peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa sampel dengan preferensi yang berbeda memiliki prestasi vocabulary yang berbeda dalam writing; dengan detail: perbedaan preferensi mempengaruhi prestasi vocabulary sampel dalam lexical density.

The purpose of this research was to find if student with different literature preference has different vocabulary achievement in writing. In this research, what the researcher means by vocabulary achievement are word count, lexical density, and readability. The samples were students of English Study Program in Arts and Language Education Department in University of Lampung. This research was quantitative research; the researcher used Co-relational study, Ex-Post Facto design. There were two instruments: text writing test, and questionnaire. Result was received from mean average comparison between samples with difference preference and analyzed through ANOVA. Significance is showed in mean comparison of lexical density; with movie preference which has the highest average mean between other literature products preference. The researcher concluded that sample with difference preference has different vocabulary achievement in writing; with detail: the different preference affected samples vocabulary achievement in lexical density.

Keyword: lexical density, literature preference, readability, text analysis, word count