Institusion
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Author
Fega, Aryanti
Dewi, Nopita
Muhammad, Candra
Subject
411 Writing Systems/Sistem Tulisan, Penulisan
Datestamp
2021-07-20 00:39:17
Abstract :
The objective of this study is aimed to describe the correlation between
students? vocabulary mastery and their ability on writing descriptive text at the
seventh grade students of SMP N 17 Bintan in the Academic Year of 2018/2019.
It is aimed at finding out whether there is significant correlation or not between
students? vocabulary mastery and their ability on writing descriptive text. This
research belongs to quantitative research with a correlative research. In this
research, the population is the seventh grade students of SMP N 17 Bintan with
the total number of population is 150 students. The sample of this research is 30
students. The researcher takes the sample by using simple random sampling
because of the population have a similar chance to be chosen as a sample. The
researcher uses test to get the data of vocabulary mastery and ability on writing
descriptive text. The techniques of analyzing data are descriptive statistics and
inferential analysis using SPSS 20. The researcher analyzes using descriptive
statistics to find mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation and variance,
whereas inferential analysis is used to prove the hypothesis test in the significance
level 0.05. The result of the analysis data shows that the coefficient correlation
(rxy) is 0.402. It indicates that there is a high correlation between the students?
vocabulary mastery and their ability on writing descriptive text. It is included the
scale of interpretation score between 0.40-0.599. With degree of significance 5%,
the score of table (r table) obtained is 0.361, therefore, rxy>r table (0.402 > 0.361).
Based on the result of this research, it can be stated that the hypothesis alternative
is accepted and null hypothesis is rejected