THE STUDY OF CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION AT EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 34 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The goal of this research is to find the objective condition from the correlation between students‟ vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension which was observed and analyzed from the eight students of SMP Negeri 34 Makassar. The population of the research are 225 students and 25 students were being objects of the research. All are from the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 34 Makassar. This research was using descriptive method in the quantitative form by collecting the data from the documentations and observation. All the data gained in this research was analyzed by using the formulation of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. According to the result of the analysis and statical calculation, it is found that rxy is 0.893 and rt is 0.404 and 0.515 with the degree of freedom (df=N-nr) is 24. By comparing the values of rxy and rt, it can be got that rxy is bigger that the statistic hypothesis states: If ro > rt significance: there is correlation and H1 accepted. If ro< rt non signification: there is no correlation and H1 id rejected and Ho is accepted. The result of hypothesis is rxy bigger than rt which means the alternative hypothesis is accepted. Based on this finding from this study, it can conlcude that having more vocabulary or vocabulary mastery significantly affects the comprehension of the students reading activity.