INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 2, No 1 (2019): INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching

THE EFFECTS OF READING INTEREST AND VOCABULARY MASTERY TOWARDS DESCRIPTION WRITING SKILL

Neneng Hasanah (Universitas Indraprasta PGRI)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2019

Abstract

Vocabulary Mastery  towards Description Writing Skills. The research method used is survey method. The sample was taken as many as 85 students with simple random technique. Data collection was done by direct questionnaire to sample. Data analysis using descriptive statistics such as finding mean, median, standard deviation, and inferential statistic is to find simple and double correlation coefficient followed by correlation coefficient significance test with t test. This study was conducted on March 1 to July 30, 2018. The results showed: (1) There is a significant and simultaneous  effect of Reading Interest and Vocabulary Mastery together towards Desctiption Writing Skills of SMP Negeri students in  Bekasi City. This is evidenced by the sig score of 0.000 <0.05, and the score of F test= 9,774. While the magnitude of simultaneous effect of Reading Interest and Vocabulary Mastery together  towards Description Writing Skills are shown by the coefficient of determination as much as 19.3% and the rest of  80.7% effected by other variables. (2) There is a significant effect of Reading Interest towards description writing skill of SMP Negeri students in Bekasi City. This is evidenced by the sig score of 0.001 <0.05, and the score of  t test : 3.592. (3) There is a significant effect of Vocabulary Mastery towards  Description Writing Skills  of  SMP Negeri students in  Bekasi city. This is evidenced by the sig score of 0.040 <0.05, the score of t test: 2.085. Keywords: Reading Interest, Vocabulary Mastery, Description Writing Skill

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Journal Info

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inference

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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INFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching (ELT) focuses on various aspects of teaching and learning English as a second or foreign language. It covers innovative teaching methods, language skill development, teacher training, assessment practices, curriculum design, learner-centered ...