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THE INFLUENCE OF THE VOCABULARY MASTERY

TOWARD THE ABILITY IN WRITING THE PARAGRAPH

AMONG THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF

STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 OF METRO

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement

for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd)

in English Education Study Program

By:

Adri Yusro

Student Number : 0536597

Tarbiyah Department

English Education Study Program

STATE ISLAMIC COLLEGE (STAIN)

OF JURAI SIWO METRO

1431 H/2010 M

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Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement

for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd.I)

in English Education Study Program

By:

Adri Yusro

Student Number : 0536597

Tarbiyah Department

English Education Study Program

Sponsor : Prof.Dr. Edi Kusnadi, M.Pd

Co-Sponsor : Yusti Arini, M.Pd

STATE ISLAMIC COLLEGE (STAIN)

OF JURAI SIWO METRO

1431 H/2010 M

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ABSTRACT

By:

Adri Yusro

Vocabulary mastery is an important thing in learning language process. Through

mastering vocabulary the students will get the ability in learning a language easily,

among others in writing paragraph. In fact, there are still many students having the

lack of vocabulary mastery so that they find the difficulties in writIng the paragraph.

This condition is also found at the eighth grade students of State Junior High School 4

of Metro. It is the problem investigated by the writer.

The objectives of this research are to know the level of students’ vocabulary

mastery, to know the level of the students’ writing paragraph ability, and to know

whether there is any positive and significant influence between the students’

vocabulary mastery toward their ability in writing the paragraph among the eighth

grade students of State Junior High School 4 of Metro.

In this research, the writer uses test method to collecting the data. The writer

used test to know the levels students’ vocabulary mastery and writing the paragraph

ability. To know whether there is any positive and significant influence students’

vocabulary mastery and writing the paragraph ability, the writer analyzed the data by

using Chi-square formula. The result of data analysis is “ χ2

observed”= 20.24 is

higher than “ χ2

table”= 5.991

Based on the result of analysis data above, it can be inferred that Ho is

refused. It can be said that there is a positive significant students’ influence

vocabulary mastery toward writing the paragraph ability among the eighth grade

students of State Junior High School 4 of Metro in the academic year of 2009/2010.

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LIST OF CONTENT

COVER .......................................................................................... i

TITLE .............................................................................................................. ii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iii

APROVAL PAGE .......................................................................................... iv

RATIFICATION PAGE .................................................................................. v

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH ORIGINALITY .......................................... vi

MOTTO .......................................................................................................... vii

DEDICATION PAGE ..................................................................................... viii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. ix

LIST OF CONTENT ...................................................................................... x

LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................... xiv

LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study .................................................... 1

B. Problems Identification ..................................................... 4

C. Problems Limitation .......................................................... 5

D. Problems Formulation ....................................................... 5

E. Objectives and Benefits of the Study ................................ 5

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED THEORIES

A. Theoretical Review ........................................................... 7

1. Concept of Vocabulary Mastery .............................. 8

2. Concept of Writing a Paragraph .............................. 12

B. Theoretical Framework and Paradigm ............................... 27

1. Theoretical framework ............................................. 27

2. Paradigm .................................................................. 28

C. Hypothesis Formulation ..................................................... 28

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Research Design ................................................................. 31

B. Population and Sampling Technique ................................. 31

C. The Operational Definitions of Variables .......................... 32

D. Data Collection Method .................................................... 33

E. Research Instrument .......................................................... 34

F. Data Analysis Technique ................................................... 44

CHAPTER IV RESULT OF THE RESEARCH

A. Description of Data ........................................................... 45

B. Hypothesis Testing ............................................................. 55

C. Interpretation ..................................................................... 56

D. Limitations ........................................................................ 59

CHAPTER V RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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A. Conclusion ........................................................................ 60

B. Suggestion .......................................................................... 61

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