Open AccessThe Correlation between English Department Students' Habit in Watching English Movies and Their Vocabulary Knowledge
Author(s) -
Uena Apulisa,
Novitri,
Masyhur
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jee (journal of english education)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2597-7091
DOI - 10.30606/jee.v7i1.825
Subject(s) - habit , vocabulary , psychology , correlation , positive correlation , english vocabulary , mathematics education , descriptive statistics , linguistics , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , medicine , philosophy , geometry
This research discussed the correlation between English department students' habit in watching English movies and their vocabulary knowledge. The background of conducting this research is to see how the possibility of students' habits in watching English movies influenced students' vocabulary knowledge. Furthermore, to find out if there is a significant correlation between English department students' habit in watching English movies and their vocabulary knowledge, this research determines the descriptive correlational method as the research design. After collecting and analyzing the data, it is obtained that the students' habit in watching English movies is categorized in the "high" habit category, and vocabulary knowledge is categorized in "good" ability, and significant correlation value is in moderate level correlation. In other words, it is implied that the students' habit in watching English movies was influenced to the acquisition of students' vocabulary knowledge.