THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILTY OF NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 PARMONANGAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

Abstract

Hutasoit Tama Lidya, NIM:170502003. 2021.. The Correlation Between Vocabulary Mastery and Students’ Writing Abilty of Narrative Text of The Second Year sSudents of SMP N1 Parmonangan in Academic Year 2020/2021. A Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Teachers’ Training and Education,University of Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli (UNITA).

A Thesis which entitles the correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability of narrative text was to find out if there is any correlation between the students’ vocabulary mastery and writing ability of narrative text for the second year of SMP N 1 Parmonangan in academic year 2020/2021. The population of this study is all the second year students in SMP N 1 Parmonangan  of which total is 85 students and all the population to be a sample. The collected data was analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation. The instruments used were tests. The findings of this study reveal that there is a significant relationship between students’ vocabulary mastery and their writing ability of narrative text  of the second year students of SMP N 1 Parmonangan. Coefficient correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’writing ability in narrative text is 0.1706, sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000. The interpretation is the probability or sig. (2- tailed) is 0.000 < 0.05. It means Ha is accepted. Meaning that there is significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability in narrative text of SMP N 1 Parmonangan. Based on the result of the research, the writer found the correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability of narrative text of SMP N 1 Parmonangan.