Student’s Vocabulary Mastery on TOEFL Test: Does It Correlate with Reading Comprehension?

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10.2991/assehr.k.200427.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

TOEFL test, reading comprehension, vocabulary mastery, correlation design

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension on TOEFL test. This study used quantitative research with correlational design. The population of this study were 6th semester students of English Language Education Department at State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya which involved 30 students. This research employed cluster random sampling to determine the sample. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Multiple choice tests were used to collect the data. Next, the data were calculated statistically to determine the correlation between the two variables. The results showed that the mean score of TOEFL test on Students’ Vocabulary Mastery was 63,8 and the mean of TOEFL test on Reading comprehension was 61,6. This research showed that there was a correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension using TOEFL test. The higher the students’ vocabulary, the better achievement can students get in reading comprehension.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Maunah Setyowati
AU  - Annisa Khusnul Latifa
AU  - Eryna Pratiwi
AU  - Syahrul Mabagits
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/01
TI  - Student’s Vocabulary Mastery on TOEFL Test: Does It Correlate with Reading Comprehension?
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 245
EP  - 249
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200427.048
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200427.048
ID  - Setyowati2020
ER  -