IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite

The Correlation Between Vocabulary Mastery and Speaking Ability of The First year Students of Senior High School

Rafiq Al Indra (Universitas Riau)
Eliwarti Eliwarti (Universitas Riau)
M. Syarfi (Universitas Riau)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Feb 2024

Abstract

The Objective of this research is to find out the significant correlation between the vocabulary mastery and the speaking ability of the first year students of SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. The sample of this research was class X IPS 2, which consisted of 33 students. The data were collected using two kinds of test; namely, a vocabulary test and a speaking test. The results of this research showed that the first year students of SMAN 10 Pekanbaru got fair and poor level with the average score of 60.03 in vocabulary and 65.81 in speaking test which are considered as in poor Level. The results of this research proved that there was a positive correlation between the vocabulary mastery and the speaking ability of SMAN 10 Pekanbaru. The Rxy distribution of the coefficient correlation was 0.830. It means that there was a very strong correlation between these two variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that the vocabulary mastery has a strong and significant correlation with the speaking ability.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ideas

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...