The Correlation Between Grammatical Competence, Vocabulary Mastery, And Translating Skill

Muhammad Hamam Abdurrohman, Ahmad Dahlan Rais, Dewi Sri Wahyuni

Abstract

This research purposes are to know whether the vocabulary mastery and grammatical competence affect translating and shows how much vocabulary mastery and grammatical competence affect translating skill. The research population was the eleventh grade of SMA N 1 Wonosari in 2013/2014 academic year which consisted of eight classes with 320 students in total. The research sample was 36 students in a single class. The sample was chosen with cluster random sampling technique. The method used to acquire the data is by using test to the one class selected as sample in the school. The data analyzed by correlational method. The result shows that grammatical competence and vocabulary mastery affect translating skill and significantly influence the translating skill (Fo = 10.82 > Ft 3.32). The result of this research also shows that grammatical competence and vocabulary mastery are important factors that give contribution to translating skill with 45.59% contribution value.

Keywords

grammatical competence; vocabulary mastery; translating skill

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v5i3.35866

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