A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE CLASS X-2 STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH NARRATIVE TEXTS TAKEN FROM THE INTERNET AT SMAN 11 SURABAYA

Abstract : Vocabulary is the most important aspect of a language that must be mastered by the students who learn a language. In general, students have difficulty in learning English, especially in vocabulary because they lack of vocabulary and grammar of L1. Therefore, the English teacher is expected to be able to cover the students’ problems in vocabulary mastery. This research is intended to describe class X-2 students’ vocabulary mastery by using Narrative texts taken from the Internet on the vocabulary mastery. As many as 38 students from class X-2 who were detemined purposively became the subject of this research. The research finds that class X-2 students’ mastery in large and small vocabulary were in “Good” category. Key Words : vocabulary mastery, Narrative texts from the Internet