International Journal of Business English and Communication (IJoBEC)
Vol 1 No 1 (2023): January

THE EFFECT OF VOCABULARY MASTERY ON STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION

Nur Rahmah (English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, 90222, Indonesia)
M. Tahir (English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, 90222, Indonesia)
Ahmad Talib (English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Makassar, 90222, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2023

Abstract

This study aims to decide the impact of vocabulary mastery on reading comprehension of junior high school students. This study utilized a quantitative strategy with simple linear regression analysis. This research data was collected through a test consisting of vocabulary mastery and a reading comprehension. The sample of the research was determined using random sampling. There are 59 students from SMP Negeri 2 Pangkajene and 16 students from SMP Negeri 4 Pangkajene. The aftereffects of this study show that there is an impact of vocabulary mastery on students’ reading comprehension. It is clear from the consequences of the computation of the correlation (R) is 0.573 with a coefficient of determination (R Square) of 0.329 which infers that the impact of the independent variable (vocabulary mastery) on the dependent variable (reading comprehension) was 32.9%. This shows that i 0.000 < 0.05. The conclution is (Ho) is dismissed and (Ha) is acknowledged.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijobec

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Articles in IJoBEC address all areas of business, English, and communication including, but not limited to, technology and financial management. English includes English Skills, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English Language Learning (ELL), English Language Teaching (ELT), translation, ...