Abstract:
This research is a quantitative method. In collecting data, the researcher
prepare the research instrument, giving the test to the students, and analyzing the
result of the students’ score. The objectives of the study are to know the maritime
vocabulary mastery of the students and to find out whether or not there is any
significant difference of the students’ maritime vocabulary mastery between TKPI
and NKPI at the tenth grade of SMK N 1 Puringin the academic year of
2016/2017.
The population of the research is the tenth grade students in SMK N 1
Puring in the academic year 2016/2017. By employing purposive sampling, the
researcher takes 124 students coming from 4 classes as her sample. To gain the
data, she uses multiple choice tests as her instrument which consists of 20
questions with 4 (four) options and matching which consist 10 question. After
getting the data, she then did an analysis the data in order to answer the statement
of the problem and the hypothesis.
The results of this study showed that from t test is 2.215 in the significant
level 0.029 it is significant because 0.029 < 0.05.The mean score of students TKPI
is 74.26and the mean score of NKPI is 69.65 which belongs to good category.
From the analysis, it can be seen the score of tvalue is higher than ttable
(2.215>1.979). The score of tvalue is 2.215 and the degree of freedom (df) is 123.
For the value of the fobtained is lower than the value of ftable (1.543 < 1.397). It
means that the null hypothesis will be rejected and the alternative hypothesis will
be accepted.Based on the analysis of the data, testing of hypothesis and the
discussion, the conclusion can be drawn that there is any significant difference of
the students’ maritime vocabulary mastery between TKPI and NKPI at the tenth
grade of SMK N 1 Puring in the academic year of 2016/2017.
