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Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES)
ISSN : 27981673     EISSN : 27981673     DOI : -
Core Subject : Education,
Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) is a scientific journal which is devoted to English language teaching. It is a journal published twice a year. AJOES publishes original, previously unpublished research papers written in English of the bachelor students of English Language Education Study Program. Paper topics include the following main fields: Language studies/investigations Language teaching/learning
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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING SKILL OF THE TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KUTA SELATAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 Ni Komang Cahyani Dewi; Ni Made Wersi Murtini; Anak Agung Putri Maharani
Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): Volume 2 Number 1 April 2022
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This study dealt with the correlation between vocabulary mastery and descriptive text writing skill of the tenth-grade students of SMAN 1 Kuta Selatan in academic year 2021/2022. It made used of an ex post facto research design. There were 32 students who were chosen as the samples which was chosen by means of cluster random sampling technique with lottery system. The researcher used two research instruments such as: cloze test for the vocabulary mastery and written descriptive text for the writing skill. The technique of analyzing data were descriptive statistics and inferential analysis using SPSS 16.0. The data were analyzed by using Pearson-Product Moment and t-test. The data of homogeneity was 0.329 and the data of normality of vocabulary mastery was 0.27 while writing skill was 0.55. Furthermore, it was found that the correlation coefficient obtained is 0.781. It shows that there is significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and descriptive text writing skill.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF CONFIDENCE AND ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL OF THE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 BLAHBATUH Ni Wayan Ema Parmita
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The present study dealt at finding out the correlation between self-confidence and English speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Blahbatuh in academic year 2021/2022, the variables of this study were students’ self-confidence and English speaking skill. Which were self-confidence as variable X and English speaking skill as variable Y. Population were the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Blahbatuh in academic year 2021/2022. There are students that were selected as the sample of the study which chosen in one class. The researcher takes sample 10% of population which taken 40 samples. The data collected in this research was analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS Statistics 25. According to the results of the data statistical calculation, it was found .321. It shows that there is significant correlation between self-confidence and English speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Blahbatuh in academic year 2021/2022. Based on the result, it was shown that .321 was in interval low correlation between self-confidence and English speaking skill.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMAR MASTERY AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI HINDU 2 SUKAWATI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 Paulina Romario; Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti
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The objective of this study was to find out the significant correlation between grammar mastery and writing achievement of the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri Hindu 2 Sukawati in the academic year 2021/2022. The design was a correlation study research design. The sample was 40 students. In collecting the data for this research, the writer used two types of tests: the grammar mastery test to test students' grammar mastery of past tense and the writing test to recount paragraphs for testing students' writing achievements. It got a score of 3.010 for grammar mastery and 3.232 for writing achievement. The data were analysed by using SPSS 25.0 which consists of the Normality test, Homogeneity test, Pearson Product Moment, and T-testing. The finding out of the study revealed that the hypothesis in this study was high correlation accepted. According to the result of Pearson Product Moment, it is found that r was 0.608. It lies between 0.600 – 0.800 which is a high level. Based on the result, it can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between grammar mastery and writing achievement of the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri Hindu 2 Sukawati in the academic year 2021/2022.
CONVERSATION SCRIPTS-BASED VIDEO SHOOTING ACTIVITY IN SUPPORTING THE EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Putu Novia Indah Sari; I Ketut Wardana; Ni Luh Putu Dian Sawitri
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This study attempted to investigate whether, and how, the student’s English speaking ability was improved by a conversation script-based video shooting activity. Thus, to achieve the research objective, this study made use of a qualitative approach with a classroom action research design. The teaching activities were run on two cycles, each of which consisted of planning, observation, action, and reflections. Two instruments, a test, were used to measure the effectiveness of the teaching activity, and a questionnaire was used to measure students’ learning intention toward the activity. The results showed that the conversation script-based video shooting activity improved the students’ speaking ability. Furthermore, the activity also motivated and encouraged the students to involve doing conversation. It can be seen from the increasing learning achievement from the mean score of the pre-test was 53.17, the mean score of post-test 1 was 76.53, and the mean score of the final post-test was 83.53. In addition, students revealed positive academic encouragement toward the technique. So, a conversation script-based video shooting activity is suggested to give a practical impact on the students’ speaking skills because it provides equal opportunity for students to perform their English language competence in any roles written in the scripts in daily life context.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND SPEAKING SKILL Roswita Rongga Milla; Dewa Ayu Ari Wiryadi Joni; Anak Agung Putu Arsana
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The present study dealt with the correlation between vocabulary mastery and speaking skill of the eighth-grade students of SMP Pancasila Canggu in academic year 2021/2022. The samples were chosen by random sampling method with lottery system as many 38 students. The researchers used two tests to get the data vocabulary mastery and speaking skill, such as: fill in the blank items for the vocabulary mastery and video tell their experience for the speaking skill. The obtained data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment using SPSS 25.0 version windows. Based on the data analysis it showed that there is a high and significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and speaking skill of the eighth-grade students at SMP Pancasila Canggu in academic year 2021/2022. Therefore, it answered the research question that there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and speaking skill.
STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AND READING COMPREHENSION: IS IT CORRELATED? Adriana Bombo; I Gde Putu Agus Pramerta; Dewa Gede Agung Gana Kumara
Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Volume 2 Number 2 October 2022
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This study aimed at finding out the correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension. The study made use of a correlational research design. The sample was 63 eighth-grade students of SMP Wisata Sanur in the academic year 2021/2022. A random sampling technique was used by having paper rolls. The multiple-choice test was used as the instrument for collecting the data. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 25, which consisted of a normality test, homogeneity test, hypothesis testing, and T-test. The result showed that vocabulary and reading comprehension correlated significantly. When the students had a high vocabulary, their reading comprehension showed good criteria. The result of the normality test for vocabulary was 0.112 and reading comprehension was 0.265; the homogeneity test was 0.085; the hypothesis test was 0.602, andthe t-test was 0.000. It means that there was a significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension. Further study is recommended to be conducted to have deeper data.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIE HABIT AND VOCABULARY MASTERY IN THE NINTH GRADE STUDENT OF SMPN 9 DENPASAR IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 I Kadek Giri Artawan; Anak Agung Putu Arsana; Dewa Gede Agung Gana Kumara
Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Volume 2 Number 2 October 2022
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This research was aimed to know: “There was significant correlation between students‟ habit in watching English movie and their vocabulary mastery SMPN 9 Denpasar in 2021/2022 academic year. The researcher methodology of this research was a quantitative. The population of the research was the ninth grade students of SMPN 9 Denpasar in 2021/2022 academic year, the number of students was 415 students. The sample of this research were 40 students. For collecting the data, researcher used two instruments which were questionnaire for students' habit in watching English movie and multiple choice test for vocabulary mastery. The result showed that there was significant correlation between students' habit in watching English movie and their vocabulary mastery in the ninth-grade of SMPN 9 Denpasar in academic year 2021/2022 with the correlation value was 0.633. It lied between 0.600-0.800 which was in a sufficient level.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMAR MASTERY AND WRITING SKILL OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENT OF SMK RATNA WARTHA UBUD IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 I Nyoman Juni Artawan Putra; Putu Ayu Paramita Dharmayanti; Ni Luh Putu Dian Sawitri
Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Volume 2 Number 2 October 2022
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This correlational study is aimed to find out the correlation between grammar mastery and writing skill of the tenth grade of SMK Ratna Wartha Ubud in academic year 2021/2022. The samples which were involved in this research were 60 samples selected by using a random sampling method. The researcher used two tests to get the data of grammar mastery and writing skill, such as: multiple choice test items for the grammar mastery and asking students to create descriptive text based on the guiding instrument given. The obtained data were assessed by using SPSS 26.00 version for windows. Based on the data analysis, it showed that there is a high, significant, and positive correlation between grammar mastery and writing skill of the tenth grade students of SMK Ratna Wartha Ubud in academic year 2021/2022. Therefore, the research question was answered that there is a significant correlation between grammar mastery and writing skill.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 2 UBUD Luh Putu Darmayani Pulasari; I Komang Budiarta; Anak Agung Putri Maharani
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The present study that used an ex-post facto research with correlation design was intended to figure out the significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the eighth-grade students of SMPN 2 Ubud in academic year 2020/2021. The research samples consisted of 38 students who were chosen by means of the cluster sampling method. The data were collected by administering the research instruments in the form of matching cloze procedure tests and short answer task. The obtained data were statistically analyzed by using pre-requisite analysis: normality and homogeneity test and hypothesis testing: Pearson product-moment correlation and t-test. The results of the data analysis clearly revealed the alternative hypothesis was finally accepted. In other words, the research findings have confirmed that there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the eighth-grade students of SMPN 2 Ubud in academic year 2020/2021.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH WRITING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS Ni Kadek Ari Yasmini; Dewa Ayu Ari Wiryadi Joni; Dewa Gede Agung Gana Kumara
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This study dealt with the correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and descriptive paragraph writing ability. The study carried out in grade 8D and 8F of SMP N 1 Kuta Utara in academic year 2021/2022. The purpose of this research was to find out whether there was significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and descriptive paragraph writing ability. The present study used an ex-post facto research with correlational design. The population of the present study consisted of 404 students and the samples were 68 students. The researcher used two tests to get the data of vocabulary mastery and descriptive writing ability, such as procedure rational deletion cloze task items for vocabulary mastery and picture description test for the descriptive paragraph writing ability. The obtained data were assessed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and analyzed by using SPSS 25.0. Based on the data analysis, it showed that there is a very high, positive and significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and descriptive paragraph writing ability of the eighth-grade students of SMP N 1 Kuta Utara in academic year 2021/2022. Therefore, it answered the research question that there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and descriptive paragraph writing ability.