THE CORRELATION OF NOTE-TAKING TOWARD FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

Triozi, Triozi and Lisa, Tavriyanti and Adzanil, Prima Septy (2017) THE CORRELATION OF NOTE-TAKING TOWARD FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to find the correlation of note-taking toward first grade students’ grammar mastery at English Department of Bung Hatta University. This research was designed by correlational method. The independent variable was note-taking and grammar mastery was the dependent variable. The population of this research was the first grade students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The total number of population was 31 students, and they were distributed into one class: PING A. The researcher used convenience sampling technique to select the sample. The total number of sample members was 23 students who were available at that time. To collect the data, the researcher used two instruments. They are questionnaire and grammar test. Questionnaire was used to get note-taking data and grammar test is used to find students’ grammar mastery data. In note-taking, the researcher asked the participant to choose likert scale options. As for grammar mastery, the researcher asked students to write simple sentences of be and using verb in affirmative, negative, yes/no question and Wh-question. Reliability of note-takings’ questionnaire was .93. Then for grammar test, the reliability was .99. It meant the result of questionnaire and grammar test was reliable. Based on the result of the data, the first grade students’ note-taking and grammar mastery did not have any significant correlation. The null hypothesis (Ho) was the answer of the research because the r table was larger than the r counted. After measured the r counted used IBM SPSS Program ver.20, the r counted was .266. The rtable was on DF=n-2(21) .413, larger than r counted. Based on the result of the research finding, it could be concluded that the null hypothesis (Ho) was accepted in this research. Relating to the conclusion, the researcher suggested English teachers to make learning activities and increase grammar practice so that the students can master the grammar well. And the students are suggested to learn through media such as English website learning or using English learning application on smartphone in order to learn grammar. Keywords: Note-taking, Grammar Mastery, Correlation.

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