The Effects Of Vocabulary Size And Depth On Efl Students Writing Performance

Ayu Rahayu; Asfah Rahma; Kisman Salija

The Effects Of Vocabulary Size And Depth On Efl Students Writing Performance

Ayu Rahayu^(1*), Asfah Rahma⁽²⁾, Kisman Salija⁽³⁾,

(1) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(2) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(3) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This paper aims to document a research investigation regarding the impact of vocabulary knowledge (including productive vocabulary size and depth) on EFL college students' writing performance. The research was conducted on EFL fourth-semester students at Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM) in the 2021/2022 academic years. The sample of this study approximately 28 students, Were the technique to take the sample was random cluster sampling, and the instrument of the research tested. In analyzing the data, this research used correlation analysis and multiple linear regression to test whether all-around aspect of vocabulary knowledge had a significant effect on students writing performance in an argumentative essay. The result found a positive correlation between vocabulary knowledge and students' writing performance. Further, the vocabulary depth aspect is dominant over vocabulary size, which means that the student's vocabulary size has a lower effect on student writing performance. However, multiple linear regression analysis found that vocabulary size alone accounts (12%) and vocabulary depth showed around (24%) variance in EFL students writing performance. Therefore, the study revealed evidence that vocabulary knowledge is a significant predictor of performance in writing.

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Argumentative text; Writing skill; Vocabulary size; Depth vocabulary

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