CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS` VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui korelasi antara penguasaan kosa kata dalam membaca teks narasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain co-relational pada ex post facto. Data sampel dipilih dengan menggunakan sistem acak. Pengambilan sampel diambil dari siswa kelas 9 SMP N 1 Tegineneng pesawaran kelas IX D yang terdiri dari 30 siswa. Pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan test dan dianalisa dengan menggunakan SPSS pada level significant 0,05 .Hasil menunjukan ada korelasi signifikan antara kemampuan penguasaan kosa kata siswa dan kemampuan narati teksnya, dengan rxy adalah 0.729 dengan N berjumlah 30, derajad kebebasan pada level 0,05 sementara r table 0.370 yang berarti korelasi signifikan. Oleh karena itu hipotesis penelitian h1 diterima dan hipotesis h0 ditolak.

The objective of this research is to find out the correlation between students` vocabulary mastery and their reading focus on narrative text. This. The research design used a corelational design of ex post facto design. The samples of the research were selected by using simple random sampling from the students of the third year of SMP N 1 Tegineneng, Pesawaran. Class IX.D was taken as the sample class of this research which consists of 30 students. The data were collected by means of test and were analyzed by using SPSS at the significant level 0.05, the result showed that there was a significant correlation between students` vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehesion in of narrative text. The result showed that is 0.729 with N 30, Degree of freedom (df) N-2 to the real level = 0.05 while is 0.370. Thus, > ; meaning the correlation is significant. Therefore, the research hypothesis ( ) was accepted and the null hypothesis ( ) was rejected.

Keywords: narrative text, students, vocabulary