Wanastra : Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
Vol 10, No 1 (2018): Maret 2018

The Correlation Between Vocabulary Mastery And Self Esteem On Students’ Speaking Skill

Nurmala Dewi (ABA BSI Jakarta)
Jimmi Jimmi (ABA BSI Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Mar 2018

Abstract

Abstract - The purpose of this research was to find out whether there is a  significant  correlations between  vocabulary mastery and self esteem on students’ speaking skill. The population of this study was X grade students majoring in natural science at SMU 64 Jakarta Timur, while the sample was 60 students  were chosen randomly from those 3 classes. The writer used three instruments to gain the data :  a vocabulary test,  a speaking test, and a self esteem questionnaire.  A quantitative analysis that included descriptive statistic and the correlation and regression analysis tests were conducted to answer the research hypotheses. The research results found that  there is a significant simultaneous correlation between vocabulary mastery and self esteem on students’ speaking skill. This finding has proved  the views which are vocabulary as a main language component and self esteem as affective factor have contributions in developing learning language especially fon speaking skill.  Key words : Vocabulary Mastery, Self Esteem, Speaking Skill

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