Abstrak
The objectives of this study are (1) to identify whether there is correlation between Students’ self-esteem and writing skill; (2) to identify whether there is correlation between Students’ vocabulary mastery and writing skill; (3) to identify whether there is correlation between students’ self-esteem, vocabulary mastery; and writing skill. The study used correlational method and was conducted to 35 second semester students of a University in Surakarta who were chosen by using cluster random sampling. In collecting the data, the writer used test: self-esteem test, vocabulary mastery test, and writing skill test. The research findings show that (1) There is positive correlation between students’ self-esteem and writing skill (rx1y is 0.87); (2) There is positive correlation between student’ vocabulary mastery and student writing skill (rx2y is 0.948) ; (3) there is positive correlation between student’ self-esteem, vocabulary mastery simultaneously, with writing skill (rx12y is 0.928).
Keywords : self-esteem, vocabulary mastery, writing skill
