Students' Motivation and Vocabulary Mastery: A Correlational Study

Fitria, Diana (2023) Students' Motivation and Vocabulary Mastery: A Correlational Study. Undergraduate thesis, UIN KH Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Diana Fitria, 2022: Students’ Motivation and Vocabulary Mastery: A Correlational Study
Keywords: Motivation, Vocabulary Mastery

Students' motivation for learning English becomes a crucial component of the teaching and learning process. Developing students' vocabulary mastery is one of the factors that determine students' success as they learn a second or foreign language. When students have a high level of learning motivation, they have a better chance of learning vocabulary faster and are enthusiastic, so they will be more likely to master it. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between motivation and vocabulary mastery in English.
This research used quantitative research approach, employing a correlation method. A total of 140 students from five classes were included in this research, including students in grade IX at MTS "Unggulan" Nuris Jember. Therefore, 58 students are selected from the general population as a sample for this study. To collect the data, a questionnaire was used to determine students' motivation for learning vocabulary, and a test to determine their vocabulary mastery. The data were analyzed using product moment.
According to this study, the mean score of students' vocabulary learning motivation was 72.155, and the mean score of students' vocabulary mastery was 84,827. Furthermore, r_xy scored 0,873 and r_table scored 0,258. So, r_count was higher than r_table (0,873 > 0.258), which indicates that there is a significant correlation between English learning motivation and vocabulary mastery at grade IX MTS "Unggulan" Nuris Jember.

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