Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES)
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): Volume 2 Number 1 April 2022

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 (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Ni Made Wersi Murtini (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Anak Agung Putri Maharani (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Aug 2022

Abstract

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.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ajoes

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

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 AJOES publishes original, previously unpublished research papers written in English of the bachelor students of English Language Education Study ...