Muslim (2012) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT OF SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP AL-ISHLAH PEKANBARU. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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Based on the preliminary research at SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru, English has been taught to the students since the first year. The students have been learning about vocabularies. Ideally, what was taught to them can make them able to use English both in spoken and written forms. However, in reality they still get difficulties to write English correctly. The students cannot use the vocabularies correctly; they also still have lack of vocabularies. They do not pay attention to the correct words usage. The students are afraid of making mistake in writing English. It indicates that the students have limited vocabulary. Consequently, the students cannot write a sentence correctly, so they are not able to express their ideas to the others. This research is aimed to find out the correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability in narrative text of second year students of SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru. The research has three formulations of the problems that how is vocabulary mastery of students, how is students’ writing ability in narrative text, correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability in narrative text of second year students of SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru. The research was carried out at SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru. It was conducted since January 2nd until March 5th , 2012. The subject of the research was the second year students of SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru. The population of the research was 25 students. In collecting data, the writer used test. It was conducted in order to find out the vocabulary mastery and the students’ writing ability in narrative text. It consisted of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 items for synonym questions, 5 items for antonym questions, and 5 items for classifying the material of vocabulary. The conclusion of this research are the students’ vocabulary mastery of second year students at second year students of SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru is categorized into ENOUGH level, the students’ writing ability at second year students of SMP Al-Ishlah Pekanbaru is categorized into LESS level and the coefficient correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’writing ability in narrative text is 0.759, sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000. The probability or sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 < 0.05. It means there is significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and students’ writing ability in narrative text.

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