THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY

MASTERY AND PRONUNCIATION ABILITY

WITH ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY

(Correlation Study at Eleventh grade of MAN 1 Bandar Lampung)

FRANSCY

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Abstract

The purpose of the research is to finding out correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and English speaking ability, students’ pronunciation ability and English speaking ability, and students’ vocabulary mastery together with pronunciation ability towards English speaking ability. This correlation research was conducted for all of students at eleventh grade of MAN 1 Bandar Lampung, Lampung. The used methods for this research were quantitative and survey. The population was students’ eleventh grade. The sample was 10% from the population selected through Stratified Proportional Random Sampling Technique. To find out the correlation and regression among the variables, product moment and multiple correlation formula were technically used. The findings indicates that there is a positive correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and English speaking ability, a positive correlation between students’ pronunciation ability and English speaking ability, and also a positive correlations together students’ vocabulary mastery and pronunciation ability towards English speaking ability. Because of the positive correlations to all correlated variables, it recommends to increase students’ vocabulary and pronunciation ability which directly have significant impact towards English speaking ability at English class.

Keywords: pronunciation, speaking, and vocabulary.