| dc.description.abstract | English is as a foreign language in Indonesia. This language has been taught
from elementary school up to university level. In Junior High School, English
education is one of compulsory subjects. One important aspect of learning a foreign
language is reading. Being able to read in English is very important as it is known
that success in reading is the most necessary because it is a basic tool of education.
Almost all the English materials are taught in written form. The important aspect that
influences the reading comprehension skill is vocabulary mastery. To comprehend a
text, students should have known about the vocabularies that are used in the text. If
the students find too many unfamiliar words, it will difficult for them to comprehend
the information and the message from the text they read. Vocabulary is the key for
the students in comprehending a text.
This research was conducted to find the correlation between the vocabulary
achievement and reading comprehension achievement of the grade 8 students at
SMPN 1 Puger Jember. The respondents of this research were some students of the
grade 8 at SMPN 1 Puger Jember who were taken by using proportional random
sampling by lottery. The total number of respondents was 60 students.
The primary data on this research were collected from the students’ score of
vocabulary achievement test and reading comprehension achievement test, while the
secondary data were gained through interview and documentation. The students’
vocabulary achievement score were collected by doing the multiple choice test which
covered large vocabulary
The result of analysis by using Product Moment Correlation showed that the r
statistic was 0.753. It showed that the degree of the correlation between vocabulary
achievement and reading comprehension achievement was high. The coefficient
correlation was 0 ≤ 0.753 ≤ 1, it meant that there was a positive correlation. It
showed that the two variables have positive correlation. It means that the increase of
variable X is followed by the increase of variable Y. The students who got good score
in vocabulary, they also got good score in reading. Whereas, the students who got
low score in vocabulary, they also got low score in reading.
Based on the computation, the value of sig column is 0.000. This value is
lower than 0.05. It means that the alternative hypothesis | en_US |
