The Correlation Between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Their Speaking Ability in Describing Picture

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The objective of this research is to find out the correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their speaking ability in describing picture in second-semester students of English education at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. The research hyphotesis there is positive significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their speaking ability in describing picture in second-semester students at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. In this research, the population is second-semester students of English Education Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal which is totally 38 students. The writer uses simple random sampling. The total of sample is 20 students, which consist of 10 students from class A and 10 students from class B. The writer analysis data by using Pearson correlation score of Pearson correlation is 0,616. While score of r-table is at 5% level significance is 0,444. Thus, r-count is higher than r-table. According to result of data, Ha (alternative hypothesis) of this research is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It means there is a positive significant correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and their speaking ability in describing picture in seond-semester students of English education at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. Then, the writer suggest to the second-semester students of English education to improve their vocabulary mastery to reach speaking ability. The issue of vocabulary mastering and speaking requires greater explanation and focus from the teacher. For other writer’s maybe can continue this research with more respondents and the difficulties of test items.