THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT AT SMP WISATA SANUR IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

This correlational study is aimed at finding out the correlation between students’ vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the seventh grade students at SMP Wisata Sanur in academic year 2021/2022. The samples were chosen by using random sampling method with as many as 20 students involved in the research. The researcher used two tests to get the data of vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension , such as: multiple cloze test items for the vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension . The obtained data were assessed by using Product Moment formula and analysed by using SPSS 24.00 for windows. Based on the data analysis, it showed that there is a high, significant and positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of seventh grade students at SMP Wisata Sanur in academic year 2021/2022. Therefore, it answered the research question that there is a significant correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension.