THE CORRELATION ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION, VOCABULARY MASTERY AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 SURAKARTA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015

This thesis was written to find out whether there is a correlation between (1) learning motivation and listening comprehension; (2) vocabulary mastery and listening comprehension; and (3) learning motivation, vocabulary mastery simultaneously, and listening comprehension. In this research, the correlational method was used and it was carried out in October to November 2014 at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Surakarta. The population was science class of the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Surakartain Academic Year 2014/2015, which consisted of three classes. The number of population was 73 students and this research took 30students as the sample by cluster random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect the data of students’learning motivation, whilean objective test was used to collect the data of vocabulary mastery and listening comprehension. Single and Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation were used to analyze the data. The result of the analysis shows that (1) there is a positive correlation between students’ learning motivation and listening comprehension (to= 2.5); (2) there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and listening comprehension(to=2.14); and (3) there is a positive correlation between students’ learning motivation, vocabulary mastery simultaneously, and listening comprehension(Fo=3.54). Thus, it cannot be neglected that learning motivation and vocabulary mastery contribute to listening comprehension. Keywords: correlation, learning motivation, vocabulary mastery, listening comprehensio