Receptive vocabulary size of English Language Education Department Students UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

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Royyana, Ana Nela (2020) Receptive vocabulary size of English Language Education Department Students UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Receptive vocabulary size is one of vocabulary types which has significant role in the students’ English language skill which is dealing with the receptive skill in language use. This research aims to describe the receptive vocabulary size of English Language Education Department students. The researcher used quantitative descriptive to accomplish the research and applied a standardized test to get the data of the students’ vocabulary size which was then analysed based on the theory of Large and Chall. The students who were involved in the collecting data ware English Language Education Department students from 2018 academic year. The result of the finding shows that the students vocabulary size is in the range of 2100-word family till 7900-word family with the minimum score is 2100-word family and the maximum score is 7900-word family. Even the average score doesn’t reach 5000 words it is quite normal since the students of English Language Education Department are EFL learners. From that result it also can be known that the students of English Language Education Department are considered to have a sufficient vocabulary to express him/herself with some circumlocutions on most topics pertinent to his/her everyday life such as family, hobbies and interest, work, travel, and current event