Koli Journal: English Language Education
Vol 4 No 1 (2023): Koli Journal of English Language Education

Correlational Study between Students’ Habit in Watching English Movie and Their Vocabulary Acquisition in English Education Study Program at Pattimura University

Mega Victoria Relmasira (Pattimura University)
Christian Albert Lewier (Pattimura University)
Jeny Lekatompessy (Pattimura University)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2023

Abstract

The aim of this study was to know the correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie (X) and their vocabulary acquisition (Y) on the 5th semester students of English Education Study Program of Pattimura University. A correlational study under quantitative research was applied to conduct this study. There were 40 students taken as the sample of this research. In collecting the data, the researcher used questionnaire and vocabulary test. For the data analysis, the researcher used Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Subsequently, the research finding indicated that there is a correlation between X and Y variables. The data analysis showed that the obtained correlation coefficient value (r) is 0.614 with the significant value 0.00. This indicated that the higher students’ habit in watching English movie, the higher their vocabulary acquisition will be. Therefore, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted. In conclusion, there is a significant and positive correlation between students’ habit in watching English movie and their vocabulary acquisition.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

koli

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

KOLI Journal is an international peer-reviewed and open-access language education journal published biannually in June and December. The aim is to publish theoretical and empirical articles investigating the use of the English language in pedagogy and the daily encounter with language in education. ...