Anglo-Saxon : Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Vol 9, No 1 (2018): ANGLO-SAXON

Relationship between Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Mastery

Adam Adam (English Education Department, University of Riau Kepulauan)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Sep 2018

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out whether there is significant correlation between students’ morphological awareness and their vocabulary mastery. The sample of this research was thirty two students of   SMK Kemilau Bangsa Batam. The design of this research used ex-post-facto design in term of co-relational study. The instruments were Morphological Awareness and vocabulary tests. The result of calculation showed that coefficient correlation was higher than the critical value of r table (0.7290.449). Simple regression was done to analyze how far the contribution of morphological awareness to students’ vocabulary mastery. The result revealed that morphological awareness influenced 51.5% toward students’ vocabulary mastery. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between students’ morphological awareness and their vocabulary mastery. It is implied that morphology can be applied as strategy of increasing students’ vocabulary mastery.

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