4.1.2.2.10 Academic words mastered 55 by the twelve grade students in SMA Negeri 1 Wonosari
Academic words mastered 55 by the twelve grade students are presented in table 4.17 below. Fifty five percent mastery means that the students are able to
master the words well since there are more than a half of the numbers of respondents are able to master the academic words.
Table 4.17 Academic words mastered 55 based on the lexical category
Lexical category Number of words
Number of words with 55
mastery Mastery
Noun 335
5 1.49
Verb 123
4 3.25
Adjective 120
1 0.83
Adverb 19
2 10.52
Number of words 600
12
Nouns mastered 55 by the students are only 5 of 335 nouns or it is only 1.49 of the nouns tested in this research. It means that the students are able to
master those words. It also shows that there are still more than a half of the samples able to master the words well. The table shows that 11 students are able
to master 4 of 123 verbs tested in the academic vocabulary test. It is only 3.25 of 123 verbs that can be mastered by the students. It shows that the students’
mastery of verb based on the percentage is not good. Adjectives mastered 55 by the students are only a word. It is only 0.83
of 120 adjectives tested. It means that more than a half of the respondents are not able to master the word well. Based on the percentage, they do not have good
mastery of adjectives. The adjective they can master 55 is a word, i.e. sole. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
According to the table, the students are able to master 2 of 19 adverbs in academic vocabulary tests. It is 10.52 of all adverbs tested. Therefore, it can be concluded
that the students are able to master the words, i.e. conversely and solely. The analysis result presented in the tables above shows the students’
mastery of academic words based on the percentage and the lexical category. It can be seen in the table that the academic words mastered 55 up to 100 are
583 words. They consist of 326 nouns, 120 verbs, 115 adjectives, 19 adverbs, and 3 conjunctions. The calculation of the students’ mastery of academic words is
counted from 55 up to 100 since the percentages show that there are more than a half of the samples are able to master the words well.
The findings also show that most of the twelve grade students in SMA Negeri 1 Wonosari
have good mastery of academic words. It can be seen from the mean score of 120 students who are taken as the samples of the research, i.e.
90.40. This mean score represents the students’ mastery of academic words based on the entire scores they obtained from the academic vocabulary tests. In
conclusion, the twelve grade students’ mastery of academic words is good since they are able to master 583 of 600 academic words tested. They are able to
achieve the minimal standard of mastering academic vocabulary for beginner level, i.e. 570 words based on Nation, 2002.
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