The Effects of Grammar and Vocabulary Mastery on Students’ Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The objective of the research is to know the effects of grammar and vocabulary mastery on students' reading comprehension. This research is a survey at private universities in Bekasi. The total sample of the research is 80 students. The data collection technique of grammar mastery, vocabulary mastery, and reading comprehension is by conducting three sets of multiple choice tests consisting of 30 questions for each test. The data analysis technique of the research is multiple linear regression analysis. Before conducting the regression analysis, there are some prerequisite tests, among others the normality, linearity, multicollinearity, and heteroscedasticity test. The result of the research is: 1) There is a significant effect of grammar and vocabulary mastery jointly on students' reading comprehension at private universities in Bekasi. 2) There is a significant effect of grammar mastery on students' reading comprehension at private universities in Bekasi. 3) There is a significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students' reading comprehension at private universities in Bekasi.

The Use of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Method in Improving Students’ English Vocabulary

“…In language learning, vocabulary is the tool of thought, self-expression, translation and communication. Hornby in (Yuliawati, 2018) defined vocabulary as a list of words with their meanings that plays an important role in understanding the language holistically. In any language teaching, vocabulary plays a tremendously important role.…”

Correlation between Students’ Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery towards Students’ Reading Comprehension

“…Thus, if the students have good grammar and vocabulary mastery, they can comprehend a text correctly. This statement is supported by Yuliawati (2018) who conducted to investigate the effect of grammar and vocabulary on reading comprehension at private university in Bekasi. The finding showed that there is significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students reading comprehension.…”

The Effects of Vocabulary and Grammar Mastery on Students' Writing Skill

“…In other words, vocabulary mastery is needed to help students use each word appropriately in producing good writing. Vocabulary mastery refers to someone's ability in using words and their meaning properly in language (Yuliawati, 2018). Consequently, students should explore and enlarge their vocabularies to enhance their writing quality.…”

“…Thus, in order to improve their writing skill, students should also have good grammar mastery. Grammar mastery means the ability to understand the theory of sentence such as functions, units, or forms and the ability to produce standard forms in accordance with the rules and regulations (Yuliawati, 2018). Unfortunately, several existing researches on grammar teaching have a limitation, which is there is no clear conceptualization of a theoretical rationale for why grammar might support writing development (Jones, Myhill, & Bailey, 2013).…”