The Correlation between Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Their Vocabulary Size

Khatimah, Nur Husnil (2018) The Correlation between Students’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Their Vocabulary Size. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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Abstract

The researchaimed to finding out (1) the types of vocabulary learning strategies used by students of SMK Negeri 4 Makassar, (2) the differences of vocabulary learning strategies used by the students of SMK Negeri 4 Makassar based on their field of study, and (3) whether or not there is a significant relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary size of the students of SMK Negeri 4 Makassar. The research applied correlational research design. Three classes different from three majors; accounting, administration, and tourism, were chosen as the samples of this research obtained through random sampling technique from the population that consisted of 156 students in the academic year 2016/2017. There were 82 samples in this research. The data of the students’ vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) were collected by using VLS questionnaire that adapted from Schmitt, while the data about the students’ vocabulary knowledge were taken from vocabulary test. The data collectedwere then analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS 20 program. The research resultsshowed that (1) the students used vocabulary learning strategies respectively from the most frequent to the least frequent; they are metacognitive strategies, determination strategies, social strategies, memory strategies, and cognitive strategies, (2) the accounting students used metacognitive strategies frequently (m=3.39), administration students tended to use determination strategies (m=3.32), and tourism students applied social strategies frequent (m=3.37), and (3) there was correlation between students’ VLS and vocabulary knowledge based on result where r = .225 categorized as low degree of correlation and p = .042 where p<α (α=.05), it means H0 was rejected. Therefore, the result indicated that VLS used of students’ of SMK Negeri 4 Makassar had correlation with their vocabulary knowledge. Keywords: Vocabulary learning strategies, vocabulary size.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: PASCASARJANA > BAHASA INGGRIS (S2)
Divisions: FAKULTAS ILMU KEOLAHRAGAAN
Depositing User: UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM
Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2018 02:17
Last Modified: 16 Aug 2018 02:17
URI: http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/10290

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