Vocabulary Mastery on Business Communication Skills of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Students: Basis for a Business Correspondence Guide

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between vocabulary mastery and business communication skills of hospitality management students in HEIs in Oriental Mindoro. A descriptive research design was utilized. In the quantitative case, the hospitality management students’ vocabulary mastery using the VLT and VST, their level of business communication skills, and the relationship between vocabulary mastery and business communication skills were described. Respondents of the study were the 89 hospitality management students selected through a stratified random sampling method using GPower Analysis. Results revealed that there is no significant relationship between vocabulary level and business communication skills. However, results also showed that there is a significant relationship between vocabulary size as to 20, 000 version B and business communication skills in terms of instructional. This indicates that the total vocabulary size of hospitality management students or how many words they know is closely related to their proficiency in business communication within the context of hospitality management instruction requiring the use of industry-specific terminology, jargon, and professional language.