The Influence of Vocabulary Mastery Toward English Speaking Ability of the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Study Program Muhammadiyah University

Abstract

One of the purpose of teaching speaking is the students are able to use English as a means of communication based on the context and situation related to their level of vocabulary mastery. So before we are able to communicate well, we should have a large number of words. This study yields that there is a positive and significant influence between English vocabulary mastery and the students' speaking ability, it is proved by the value of correlation coefficient 0.764 which is higher than the value of r table (0.176). It means that the rise of the independent variable (the students' vocabulary mastery) will be followed by the rise of the dependent variable (English speaking ability). The effective contribution of the students' vocabulary mastery toward English speaking ability is 58.6% Key word: Vocabulary Mastery, Speaking Ability, and Influence Language is one of the most important things in human life. We cannot imagine what life would be without language. It is impossible to live without it. So, language is very important for us. In daily life, one uses language to express his feeling and to tell something. From the statement above it can be stated how important language, language has function to communicate to other people. Language is one of the most important things in human life. We cannot imagine what life would be without language. It is impossible to live without it. So, language is very important for us. In daily life, one uses language to express his feeling and to tell something. From the statement above it can be stated how important language, language has function to communicate to other people. If the student wants to speak English, Students should have many vocabularies, no one who can use speak. Without vocabulary students cannot use speak in English. So, Students does not have enough confidence to speak and this is related to the learning experience which does not emphasize on the speaking ability. Thus, if student want to speak English they must master vocabulary. So vocabulary is very important and has influence toward speaking ability. METHODOLOGYThis research applies quantitative method and intends to find out whether vocabulary mastery is influential toward English speaking ability. The researcher tries to discover the influence of vocabulary mastery toward English speaking ability. First, the researcher gives some test to students to know how far their vocabulary mastery. The second, to do speaking test between the researcher and students and record the conversation. For example, when the researcher and students are communicating, the

Teaching Method and Vocabulary Mastery Influence Toward Student’s Speaking Skill

“…Vocabulary is an important part of developing skills (Baihaqi, 2014). Basically, to make sentences verbal or non-verbal, we need certain vocabularies to improve our language skills, so that other individuals understand what we mean.…”

“…These levels roughly correspond to the levels of noticing, retrieving and generating used here. Previous teaching vocabulary has shown that vocabulary is important as a basic existing knowledge (Baihaqi, 2014;Romli, 2016). Most people feel there is a common sense relationship between vocabulary and comprehension.…”