The Correlation Between Students Vocabulary and Speaking Ability at Seventh Grade in SMPN 2 Dua Koto Kabupaten Pasaman

Seprisa, Seprisa and Merry Prima, Dewi and Reflinda, Reflinda and Widya, Syafitri (2022) The Correlation Between Students Vocabulary and Speaking Ability at Seventh Grade in SMPN 2 Dua Koto Kabupaten Pasaman. JEMAST: Journal of Educational Management and Strategy, 1 (1). pp. 21-29. ISSN 2964-4283

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Abstract

This research was motivated by several problems of class VII students of SMPN 2 Dua Koto, Pasaman Regency related to learning English such as vocabulary and speaking. One of them is that some students have low scores in the vocabulary test and speaking test, the students' low ability to speak English, they do not have enough vocabulary. Therefore, this study was conducted so that the researchers found out whether there was a relationship between the students' vocabulary and the speaking achievement of the fifth grade students of SMPN 2 Dua Koto. This study uses a quantitative approach to the type of correlation design. The population in this study were all class VII at SMPN 2 Dua Koto consisting of 3 classes with a sample consisting of 72 students taken through total sampling technique. Data was collected through a vocabulary test and speaking test. The results showed that there was a relationship between vocabulary and speaking ability of seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Dua Koto for the academic year 2020/2021. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that vocabulary has a positive important role for speaking ability. That is, if students have a large vocabulary, then they will have good speaking skills. on the other hand, if students have low vocabulary, they have low speaking ability. So, this study was conducted to find the relationship between vocabulary and speaking ability of students in the seventh grade of SMPN 2 Dua Koto, Pasaman Regency.

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