The Correlation between Vocabulary Mastery and Their Ability in Writing Descriptive Text

Abstract

This research is aimed to find out the correlation between two variables, vocabulary mastery as the objective variable (X) and the writing ability in the descriptive text as the subjective variable (Y). The research method used is the quantitative method. The population used is 7 grade of SMPN 2 Pringapus with a total of 194 students. For the sample, only one class is used; there is 7E grade with 38 students. To analyze the instrument, there are two types of analysis, namely the technique of dividing students into three criteria and the analysis technique using Pearson Product Moment correlation. With the results, there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing ability in writing descriptive text in 7 grade at SMPN 2 Pringapus, with the following results: With a degree of significance 5%, the score of r table ( ) obtained is 0.329, therefore, > (0.603 > 0.329), meanwhile, with a degree of significance of 1%, the score of rt gained is 0.424, therefore, > (0.603 > 0.424). The conclusion is H A is accepted.

The Correlation Between Vocabulary Mastery and Students’ Descriptive Writing Skills

“…The findings of this study differ from those of the earlier study by Novitri et al (2021) where the results show that in previous research there was a correlation between vocabulary mastery and students' ability to write descriptive text with a high correlation category with an interval of 0.600-0.799. then the second by Taslim et al (2019) The results of the study showed that a correlation value of 0.604 which was included in the moderate category. So it can be concluded that from the four previous theories it is stated that there is a correlation between vocabulary mastery and several skills in English such as writing, speaking.…”

“…There are ten previous studies related to the researcher's research, of which there are four articles that show the same results that there is a significant relationship between variables, namely by Novitri et al (2021) the results of the research show that there is a significant relationship between the two variables, with a significance degree of 5%, the r table value is 0.329 and the calculated r value is 0.603, where 0.603 > 0.329, which means there is a correlation between the two variables. Then research by Taslim et al (2019) the results show that there is a significant relationship between the two variables with calculated r = 0.532 which is greater than table r = 0.349. after that, research by Maesaroh & Sari (2021) the results show that there is an influence between the two variables with a calculated f value of 5.67 > f table 4.74.…”

“…Vocabulary is an essential component for learners since individuals who want to grasp a language must master vocabulary (Novitri et al, 2021). Richards in Ghonivita et al (2021) asserts that vocabulary is the fundamental building block of language ability and forms a significant portion of the foundation for how effectively learners speak, listen, read, and write.…”