THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI
This paper discusses the correlation between two variables, namely vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability of the first-year students, at SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi. The researcher used a quantitative research method as the data approach. The population was the first-year students with a t...
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Laboratory of Elementary Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Riau Pekanbaru, Indonesia
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| author | Fita Maghvira Eliwarti Eliwarti Muhammad Syarfi |
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| description | This paper discusses the correlation between two variables, namely vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability of the first-year students, at SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi. The researcher used a quantitative research method as the data approach. The population was the first-year students with a total of 124 students. The researcher used a simple random sampling technique and selected 32 students from all classes. The instruments used with two types of tests were multiple choice and written tests. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS Statistics 25. The research result indicates that the first-year students of SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi achieved a good level of vocabulary mastery and a mediocre level of writing descriptive text ability. The result indicates that there is a correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability. The Rxy distribution of the coefficient correlation was 0.408. It means there was a correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability of the first-year students at SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi that was at the fair level. Thus, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Hα) was accepted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d7289305a9148a1bf74db84cd11ba2c2023-10-25T16:58:45ZengLaboratory of Elementary Teacher Education Study Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Riau Pekanbaru, IndonesiaJurnal PAJAR (Pendidikan dan Pengajaran)2580-84352614-13372023-07-017484885310.33578/pjr.v7i4.94867396THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGIFita Maghvira0Eliwarti Eliwarti1Muhammad Syarfi2Universitas Riau, PekanbaruUniversitas Riau, PekanbaruUniversitas Riau, PekanbaruThis paper discusses the correlation between two variables, namely vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability of the first-year students, at SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi. The researcher used a quantitative research method as the data approach. The population was the first-year students with a total of 124 students. The researcher used a simple random sampling technique and selected 32 students from all classes. The instruments used with two types of tests were multiple choice and written tests. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS Statistics 25. The research result indicates that the first-year students of SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi achieved a good level of vocabulary mastery and a mediocre level of writing descriptive text ability. The result indicates that there is a correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability. The Rxy distribution of the coefficient correlation was 0.408. It means there was a correlation between vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability of the first-year students at SMPN 1 Tebing Tinggi that was at the fair level. Thus, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Hα) was accepted.https://pajar.ejournal.unri.ac.id/index.php/PJR/article/view/9486vocabulary mastery, writing ability, descriptive text |
| spellingShingle | Fita Maghvira Eliwarti Eliwarti Muhammad Syarfi THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI Jurnal PAJAR (Pendidikan dan Pengajaran) vocabulary mastery, writing ability, descriptive text |
| title | THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI |
| title_full | THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI |
| title_fullStr | THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI |
| title_short | THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AND WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABILITY AT SMPN 1 TEBING TINGGI |
| title_sort | correlation between the first year students vocabulary mastery and writing descriptive text ability at smpn 1 tebing tinggi |
| topic | vocabulary mastery, writing ability, descriptive text |
| url | https://pajar.ejournal.unri.ac.id/index.php/PJR/article/view/9486 |
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