CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS' HABIT IN WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIE AND THEIR VOCABULARY SIZE

Galant Jodhi Pratama, Ari Nurweni, Huzairin Huzairin

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi hubungan antara kebiasaan siswa dalam menonton film berbahasa Inggris dengan penguasaan kosa kata. Subyek penelitian ini sebanyak 30 siswa pada kelas Frontrunner di English First (EF) Bandar Lampung. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan vocabulary size test. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa nilai korelasi antara kedua variabel adalah 0.3 dan nilai pengaruhnya adalah 0.554. Lebih jauh, ditemukan data bahwa faktor frekuensi dan tingkah laku mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan siswa yang mendapat skor tinggi dan sedang pada tes kosa kata, sementara itu pengulangan adalah faktor yang digunakan oleh sebagian besar siswa yang mendapat skor kosa kata rendah. Berdasarkan pada hasil, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan antara kebiasaan siswa dalam menonton film berbahasa Inggris dan penguasaan kosa kata bahasa Inggris.

The objective of this research was to investigate the correlation between students' habit in watching English movie and their vocabulary size. The subjects were 30 students in Frontrunner class of English First (EF) Bandar Lampung. The data collecting techniques used were questionnaire and vocabulary size test. The results showed that the correlation between the two variables was 0.3 and the value of X toward Y was 0.554. Furthermore, it was found that the frequency factor had a significant correlation with the students who got high and moderate score on vocabulary size test, while the repetition was the strategy used by the majority of students who got low score on vocabulary size test. Based on the result, it could be concluded that there was significant correlation between students' watching English movie habit and their vocabulary size.

Keywords: correlation, habit, vocabulary size, english movie.

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