CORRELATION VOCABULARY N SPEAKING FLUENCY
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
English is one of the most
important languages in the world because it is of international communication.
Therefore, the government of Indonesia has placed this English language in the
curriculum not only at the secondary school, senior high school, but also at
university or institute.
Being able to speak in English one
needs to have enough vocabulary to express own idea. Therefore, speaking is one
way of giving and finding information through oral communication. Speaker of
English agrees that vocabulary is needed so much and not less important than
grammar. Many students are still doubtful to expose their ideas in English
because they have a limited vocabulary in their mind.
Vocabulary is one of the important
elements in building up English using this element, someone can communicate,
learning and thinking. Therefore, the learning of vocabulary is fundamental
need to support some learners to master English, because the ability of students to read and to comprehend
the subject is relatively detemined by their vocabulary.
The research shows that the
student's ability in speaking is still unsatisfactory and tends to be
disheartened. Many factors may cause this problem for example, the lack of
student's vocabulary, the teacher's technique in teaching, the lack of the
student's motivation in learning vocabulary, the student's laziness in
memorizing vocabulary required, even in speaking case they