Correlation Between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Reading Comprehension at Junior Islamic School

This study investigated the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and
reading comprehension, conducted among eighth-grade students at an Islamic
boarding school in Indonesia. The research aims to answer whether there is a
correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension at
the junior high school level. The population of this study was the eighth-grade
students of junior Islamic school. The researcher selected students from classes A
and B, with a total sample of 25 students chosen through a random sampling
technique. The collected data was analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment
correlation. The instruments used were vocabulary and reading tests. The results
of this study showed that the calculated r-count was significantly higher than the
tabulated r-table. Therefore, r-count (0.895) > r-table (0.396) indicated a positive
correlation between vocabulary and reading. These findings suggested that
students' vocabulary mastery had a significant influence on their reading
comprehension abilities in eighth grade. It is emphasized that by building a strong
vocabulary foundation, students are better equipped to comprehend the meaning
and the core essence from the texts they read.

Keywords: correlation, reading comprehension, vocabulary mastery