the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and their writing ability in descriptive text

108 Pages·2017·3.05 MB·English

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’
VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEIR WRITING
ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (A STUDY FOR THE
SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP ISLAM
SUDIRMAN 1 BANCAK SEMARANG DISTRICT IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017)
A GRADUATING PAPER
Submitted to the Board of Examiners as a partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd) in
English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga

Written by:
YUYUN AZIZAH
113-12-150
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES (IAIN) SALATIGA

2017
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MOTTO

Always do your
best, and let Allah
do the rest.
(Ben Carson)

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DEDICATION
This graduation paper is whole heartedly dedicated to:
1. Allah SWT the Almigthy God for the everything to me.
2. My beloved parents Mr. Asrori and Mrs. Mastikah, who always in my heart.
Thanks for all support, trust, finance, encouragement and pray. You are my
inspiration.
3. My sister Ana Zakiyatul Miskiyah, who always gives me advice, my brother,
Nur Ikhsan and Arif Burhannudin, and my Nephew, Muhammad kenzo Al-
khalifi. Love you all.
4. My beloved grandmother Nur Silah and Asrofiati thanks for your love.
5. My family in boarding house: ucik, cik nur, hanum, ririn, nana, lia and
kakak. Thanks for your joke, smile, love, and so on. I will never forget it.
Keep in touch even we cannot get together anymore.
6. My beloved friends, YuNitAtik (Yunita, Nita, Atik) our togetherness means
a lot to me, love and peace gengs. I hope our friendship is never end.
7. All my friends especially to TBI E class and generally to IAIN Salatiga
20012. Everyone has a special thing for me.
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8. The big family of SMP Islam Sudirman 1 Bancak who allowed me to
conduct the research.
9. All of my friends that helped me finishing this graduating paper.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In the name of Allah, the most gracious and merciful, the lord of universe.
Because of Him, the writer could finish this thesis as one of the requirement for
Sarjana Pendidikan in English Department of Educational Faculty of State Institute of
Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga in 2017.
Secondly, peace and salutation always be given to our prophet Muhammad
SAW who has guided us from the darkness to the lightness.
However, this success would not be achieved without those supports, guidance,
advice, help, and encouragement from individual and institution, and I somehow
realize that an appropriate moment for me to deepest gratitude for:
1. Mr. Dr. Rahmat Hariyadi, M.Pd., the Rector of State Institute for Islamic
Studies (IAIN) of Salatiga.
2. Mr. Suwardi, M.Pd., the Dean of Teacher Training and Educational Faculty of
State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) of Salatiga.
3. Mrs. Noor Malihah, Ph.D., the Head of English Education Department of
Teacher Training and Education State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) of
Salatiga.
4. Mrs. Sari Famularsih, M.A., the consultant of this graduating paper and my
academic counselor. Thanks for suggestion and recommendation for this
graduating paper from beginning until the end.
5. All the lecturers of State Institute for Islamic Studies Salatiga
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ABSTRACT
Azizah, Yuyun. 2017. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’
VOCABULARY MASTERY AND THEIR WRITING ABILITY IN
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ( A Study for the Seventh Grade Students of
SMP Islam Sudirman 1 Bancak Semarang District in the Academic year
of 2016/2017).
Counselor : Sari Famularsih, M.A

This research is aimed to find out the correlation between English vocabulary mastery
and their writing ability in descriptive text. The number of population is 26 students
of seventh grade students of SMP Islam Sudirman 1 Bancak, Semarang District. The
instruments of the collecting the data uses test and documentation. Tests consist of
objective test and subjective test. The documentation used to collect about data of
SMP Islam Sudirman 1 Bancak, Semarang District. The collected data was analyzed
by using two ways: the technique used to classify the students into three criteria and
the technique used to analyze the data by using Pearson Product Moment correlation.
The findings of this research reveal that there is a significant correlation between
students‘ vocabulary mastery and their writing ability in descriptive text for the
seventh grade students of SMP Islam Sudirman 1 Bancak, Semarang district in
academic year 2016/2017. The result of the study shown by the coefficient correlation
(rxy) is 0.563. It indicates that there is a fair relationship between the students‘
vocabulary mastery and their writing descriptive text ability since it is included in the
scale of r interpretation score between 0.400-0.600. With degree of significance 5%,
the score of r table (rt) obtained is 0.404, therefore, rxy >rt (0.563 > 0.404),
meanwhile, with degree of significance 1%, the score of rt gained is 0.515, therefore,
rxy > rt (0.563 > 0.515); consequently, the conclusion reached is Ha is accepted.

Keywords : Vocabulary Mastery, Writing Ability and Descriptive Text.

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