ACADEMIC VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN READING A JOURNAL AT THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ECONOMY DEPARTMENT ON STIE YP NUSANTARA CIKARANG IN THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

nur cahyaningsih; drs. susilo wardoyo, m. pd.; roihatul millah, m. pd.;

FITRY NURHADIAH SALIM. NIM: 1001065083. Academic
Vocabulary Knowledge in Reading a Journal at the First Semester Students of
Economy Department on STIE YP Nusantara Cikarang in the 2013/2014
Academic Year. The paper: Jakarta, The Study Programme of English Education,
The School of Teachers’ Training and Education, The University of
Muhammadiyah Prof.DR.Hamka, Jakarta 2014.
The Respondents of this research were the students of Economy class at
STIE YP Nusantara Cikarang, 2013-2014 academic year, in which there were 22
students in this class. Furthermore, this study aimed to find to what extent the
students are able to use academic vocabulary, especially the words from sub list 1
of Academic Word List (AWL).
This research used a qualitative method, which concerned on analytical
descriptive method. In this case, the writer gave the students a journal to read and
identified each academic words in it. Then the writer analyzed the students’
academic vocabulary knowledge, especially the words which belong to sub list 1,
and divided it into three levels, high, medium, and low level. In addition, the
writer also observed and interviewed the students to get qualitative data about
students’ academic vocabulary knowledge in reading a journal.
The research findings showed that all of the students were not interested in
reading. Since they had lack of vocabulary, they got confused before even started
to read, especially to read a journal. Moreover, the research findings also showed
that high level students were able to use around 54% words, 40% words for
medium level, and 30% words for low level of 21 words or 35% academic words
from sub list 1. Nevertheless, since sub list 1 only covered 10% words of the
amount of Academic Word List (AWL), basically the students of high level were
able to use 2.1% words, 1.75% words for medium level, and 1.22% words for low
level of 570 words of Academic Word List.