THE INFLUENCE OF READING HABIT TOWARD VOCABULARY MASTERY AT THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This study is descriptive quantitative research. The aim of this research is to find out whether there is any influence  of reading habit toward vocabulary mastery and to know whether reading habit gives positive contribution towards the students vocabulary mastery at the second semester of English department of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo or not. The result of this research shows that the correlation between the students reading habit and students vocabulary mastery at the second  semester of English Department of University Muhammadiyah of Purworejo   is  very high. It is proven from the result of correlation coefficient product moment. shows that observed r (0. 854 ) it is includes to the table interpretation between 0.800 till with 1.000 in the level of very high interpretation. And based on the coefficient of regression in =12.700 is more than = 2.000, so it is significant. It means the English vocabulary mastery score will rise if the students’ reading habit score rises.