Students’ Academic Vocabulary Mastery: A Descriptive Study at English Language Education of FKIP-UIR

Yulianto, Yulianto and Marhamah, Marhamah and Afrizal, Johari (2022) Students’ Academic Vocabulary Mastery: A Descriptive Study at English Language Education of FKIP-UIR. International Journal of Language Pedagogy, 2 (2). pp. 34-40. ISSN 2797-1783

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Abstract

This study aims to describe the first-year English language education students at FKIP-UIR Pekanbaru's academic vocabulary proficiency. Data interpretation is part of the descriptive research methodology. Three levels of vocabulary knowledge are tested in this study using several measures: meaning identification, written form recall assisted by initial letter, and matching exercise. The analysis of the data revealed that the average score on the meaning recognition test is 54,16, which is categorized as a poor to the ordinary degree of mastery. The written form recall test with initial letter assistance yields an average score of 57,5 and is categorized as having a poor to an average degree of competence. While the average score in the corresponding exercise is 62,08,

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