The correlation between linguistic intelligence and vocabulary mastery at The Fifth Semester Students of English Education Study Program at UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan

Siregar, Sandia (2025) The correlation between linguistic intelligence and vocabulary mastery at The Fifth Semester Students of English Education Study Program at UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This study aims to find out the correlation between linguistic intelligence and vocabulary mastery at the fifth semester students of English Department UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan. The problem raised is how linguistic intelligence affects students' ability to master vocabulary. This study used a quantitative approach with a correlational method The sampling technique used was total sampling. Instrument of the data were collected through two types of tests namely linguistic intelligence test and vocabulary mastery test each consisting of 20 item of multiple choice questions that have been tested for validity and reliability. The analysis the data was used peaarson correlation The analysis results showed that the average score of students' linguistic intelligence was 58.85, while the average score of vocabulary mastery was 54.52. In addition, a significant correlation was found between linguistic intelligence and vocabulary mastery, with a calculated t value of 2.340 which is higher than the t table value (2.340 > 0.423). This finding shows that linguistic intelligence has a positive influence on vocabulary acquisition of fifth semester students of the English Department of UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan.

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