THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND VOCABULARY MASTERY IN ENGLISH LEARNING AT GRADE VIIH OF SMPN 15 JAMBI CITY

MEYLISA ANGGRAINI, MEYLISA ANGGRAINI (2022) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND VOCABULARY MASTERY IN ENGLISH LEARNING AT GRADE VIIH OF SMPN 15 JAMBI CITY. skripsi thesis, Universitas Batanghari.

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ABSTRACT Anggraini,M.2022. The Correlation Between Students’ Motivation and Vocabulary Mastery in English Learning at Grade VII H of SMP N 15 Jambi City. A Thesis, English Education Program Teacher Training Education Faculty Batanghari University Jambi. The First Advisor Dra. Hj. Wennyta, M.Pd. The Second Advisor Efa Silfia, M.Pd. This research discusses about the correlat ion between students’ motivation and vocabulary mastery in english learning at grade VII H SMP N 15 Jambi City. There are some problems of the students in this research:1) Students have difficulty in learning English, because of the difference between writing and pronunciation 2) Students are lazy to carry a dictionary when teaching and learning English 3) Students have little vocabulary 4) Students find it difficult to understand new words. This is what causes researchers to be interested in conducting this study, with the aim of knowing whether there is a correlation between students' motivation and vocabulary mastery in English learning, to find out whether there is a correlation between students' motivation to learn English in grade VII H SMP N 15 Jambi City. In this study, researchers used quantitative research. The population in this study were all seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Jambi. Consists of 9 classes. The population of class VII is 266 students who are divided into classes. The researcher chose VIIH as a sample consisting of 29 students using purposive sampling method. The results of the study were concluded from the analysis of questionnaires and tests. The researcher found that the highest student motivation score was 78 points and the lowest score was 48 points. The average student motivation was 64.58, indicating the highest level of vocabulary mastery was 90, and the lowest level was 40. The average vocabulary mastery was 68.10. This can be obtained by using the product moment formula where the correlation coefficient of the rxy level is 0.437 and the r table at the 5% significance level is 0.367. So, t count >r table (0.437 > 0.367) and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. Thus, it can be said that there is a correlation between students’ motivation and vocabulary mastery in English learning at grade VII H SMP N 15 Jambi City in the enough category. Keywords: Correlation, Motivation, Vocabulary Mastery

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