DIDASCEIN (Journal of English Education)
Vol 4 No 1 (2023): March Issue

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ HABIT IN WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIE AND VOCABULARY MASTERY

Rizky Azhar Azhar (Universitas Tridinanti)
Gaya Tridinanti (Universitas Tridinanti)



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Publish Date
31 Mar 2023

Abstract

Watching English movie is to enrich students’ knowledge especially vocabulary. The objectives were to find out whether or not there was a significant correlation between habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students. It was also found out how much habit in watching English movie contributes toward vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students at MAN 2 Palembang. This study involved 77 students as the sample chosen by using purposive sampling. The data were collected by using habit in watching English movie questionnaire and vocabulary mastery test. It was found that there was a significant correlation between habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade students at MAN 2 Palembang since the p-value (0.024) was lower than 0.05. It can be stated that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Then, the r value was 0.836 that showed high correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery. It is assumed that watching English movie gave contribution to vocabulary mastery as much as 41.9 %. In conclusion, there is a positive correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie and vocabulary mastery.

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Didascein

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Didascein: Journal of English Education, periodically issued twice a year, is a scientific journal managed by the English Education Department of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tridinanti University. This journal focuses on facilitating researchers, academicians, and teachers of ...