The Correlation Between Students' Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery and Reading Comprehension

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah ada hubungan antara penguasaan kosakata, tata bahasa dan pemahaman membaca siswa. Desain penelitian ini kuantitatif menggunakan ex post facto designs. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas dua di SMAN 1 Tumijajar. Peneliti menggunakan sampel penelitian sebanyak 35 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes kosakata, tata bahasa, dan pemahaman membaca. Data yang terkumpul dianalisa menggunakan Pearson Product Moment Correlation di SPSS 16.0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai r dari penguasaan kosakata and pemahaman membaca, penguasaan tata bahasa dan pemahaman membaca, dan penguasaan kosakata, tata bahasa dan pemahaman membaca .839, 726, dan .870. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang significant antara penguasaan kosakata, tatabahasa dan pemahaman membaca siswa. Semakin tinggi penguasaan kosakata dan tatabahasa, maka semakin tinggi pemahaman membaca siswa. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is significant correlation between students' vocabulary and grammar mastery and their achievement in reading comprehension. This was quantitative research applied ex post facto designs. The population of this study was the second grade students of SMAN 1 Tumijajar. The researcher used sample consist of 35 students. The instrument of this research was in the form of vocabulary and grammar mastery test and reading comprehension test. The data collected were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS 16.0. The result showed that r of students' vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension, grammar mastery and students' reading comprehension, and students' vocabulary and grammar mastery and their achievement in reading comprehension were .839, .726, and .870. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is correlation between students' vocabulary and grammar mastery and their achievement in reading comprehension. The higher students' master vocabulary and grammar, the higher students' get achievement reading comprehension. Keyword: grammar mastery, reading comprehension, vocabulary master