A Correlational Study Between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery, Reading Habit and Writing Skill

Rohmah Ayu Sulistyaningrum, Siswantoro Siswantoro, A. Handoko P

Abstract

The aims of the study are to determine the correlation between (1) vocabulary mastery and writing skill; (2) reading habit to writing skill; (3) vocabulary mastery, reading habit, and writing skill. The sample of the research is 26 second grade students of MTs N Jumapolo. In collecting the data, the researcher used questionnaire and test. The questionnaire was used to collect the data of students’ reading habit, while the test was used to collect the data of vocabulary mastery and writing skill. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Simple Correlation and Multiple Correlation Technique. The result of this study show that (1) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing skill ( = 0.74); (2) there is a positive correlation between reading habit and writing skill ( = 0.63); (3) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery, reading habit, and writing skill ( = 0.809).

Keywords

correlation study; vocabulary mastery; reading habit

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v7i1.35841

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