THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND READING COMPREHENSION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 5 PALU

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the correlation between
students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the eleventh
grade students of SMAN 5 Palu. Twenty eight (28) students were chosen
as the sample using purposive sampling method which was class XI IPA
6. The data were collected by tests and were analysed statistically. All
the data gained in this research were analyzed by using the formulation
of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and also supported by the
program of IBM SPSS Statistic Version 21. According to the result of
the analysis and statistical calculation, it was found that rcounted was
0.399 and rtable was 0.388 with the significance level of 0.05 and degree
of freedom (df) was 26.By comparing the values of rcountedand rtable, it
can be obtained that rcounted was higher than rtable. It means the
alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and there is a positive correlation
between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension.
Keywords: correlation; vocabulary mastery; and reading
comprehension.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara
penguasaan kosakata dengan pemahaman nmembaca siswa kelas
sebelas di SMAN 5 Palu. Dua puluh delapan (28) siswa dipilih sebagai
sampel menggunakan metode purposive sample yaitu kelas XI Ipa 6.
Data-data dikumpulkan melalui test dan dianalisis secara statistik.
Seluruh data dalam penelitian ini diolah dengan menggunakan rumus
dari Pearson Product Moment Correlation dan didukung juga oleh
program IBM SPSS Statistik versi 21. Menurut hasil dari analisis dan
perhitungan statistik, didapatkan bahwa nilai 𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 adalah 0.399 dan
𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 adalah 0.388 dengan derajat significant 0.05 dan degree of
freedom (df) adalah 26. Dari perbandingan nilai 𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 dan 𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ,
ditemukan bahwa 𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 lebih tinggi dari 𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 . Itu artinya hipotesis
alternatif (Ha) diterima dan terdapat korelasi positif antara penguasaan
kosakata dan pemahaman membaca siswa.
Kata kunci: correlation; vocabulary mastery; and reading
comprehension.