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

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH WRITING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS

Ni Kadek Ari Yasmini (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Dewa Ayu Ari Wiryadi Joni (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Dewa Gede Agung Gana Kumara (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2022

Abstract

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.

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 AJOES publishes original, previously unpublished research papers written in English of the bachelor students of English Language Education Study ...