The Correlation of Students’ Interest and Vocabulary Mastery Toward Writing Skill

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the correlation of: (1) students’ interest in learning to writing skill; (2) vocabulary mastery to writing skill; and (3) students’ interest in learning and vocabulary mastery simultaneously to writing skill. This study used a correlational method with a cluster random sample of 31 students of the eleventh grade students of SMK Batik 2 Surakarta in the academic year 2013/2014. The researcher used questionnaire, objective tests and essay test as the instrument to collect the data. Single and Multiple Linear Regression and Correlation were used to analyze the data.  The research findings show that: (1) students’ interest in learning brings 39.69% contribution to writing skill; (2) vocabulary mastery brings 40% contribution to writing skill; and (3) students’ interest in learning and vocabulary mastery simultaneously bring 47.98% contribution to writing skill.