%A 1213042084 YOLANDA RIZKI PUTRI  
%T CORRELATION STUDY OF STUDENTS? MOTIVATION AND
STUDENTS? VOCABULARY MASTERY TOWARD READING
COMPREHENSION AT SMPN 31 BANDAR LAMPUNG
%X The purpose of this study was to find out whether there is a significant correlation
between students? motivation and vocabulary mastery toward their reading
comprehension or not. It was a quantitative research that applied ex post facto
designs. The researcher employed 28 students of SMPN 31 Bandar Lampung as
the sample. The instrument of this research was in the form of motivation
questionnaire, vocabulary test and reading comprehension test. The collected data
were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS 17.0. The
result showed that r of students? motivation and reading comprehension, and
students? vocabulary mastery and students? reading comprehension were .862 and
.844 respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a positive
correlation between students? motivation and vocabulary mastery toward their
reading comprehension. The higher the students? motivation and vocabulary
mastery are, the higher the students? reading comprehension achievement is.
Keywords: reading comprehension, motivation, vocabulary mastery
%C FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%D 2016
%I UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%L eprints22644