A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING SIMPLE PAST SENTENCE AT SMA PERTIWI 1 PADANG

Bob, Ikhsan and Lisa, Tavriyanti and Welya, Roza (2017) A CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING SIMPLE PAST SENTENCE AT SMA PERTIWI 1 PADANG. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to find out a correlation between the first grade students’ proficiency of the simple past tense and their ability in writing simple pas sentence at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. The hypothesis of this research was that there was a significant correlation between the first grade students’ proficiency of the simple past tense and their ability in writing simple past sentence at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. The number of population was 342 students. They were distributed into ten classes; X1,X2,X3,X4,X5,X6,X7,X8,X9, and X10. The researcher used convenience technique. To choose the sample, the researcher took the sample who are conveniently available participated in this study. The class selected as sample was class X3. The researcher gathered the data by using grammar test and writing sentence test. To analyze the data the researcher used the SPSS version 22. After analyzing the data, the researcher found there was significant correlation between the first grade students’ proficiency of simple past tense and their ability in writing simple past sentence at SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang, the coefficient correlation (r) between simple past tense proficiency and writing simple sentence was .669 (see Appendix 16). It was clasified as having strong correlation for both variables. The coefficient determination (r2 ) was 44.76% (see table 4.1). It could be claimed that 45% of the variance in writing simple past sentence ability is caused by grammar proficiency. In the other word, grammar gives 45% contribution toward writing simple past sentence ability. Finally, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It was proved by the coefficient correlation (r) and significant. From the result, it can be concluded that there was a significant correlation between students’ simple past tense proficiency and their writing simple past sentence ability of the first year students of SMA Pertiwi 1 Padang. The correlation was categorized as strong correlation. It means that, grammar gives strong effects to writing simple past sentence ability. Based on the conclusion, the teacher is suggested to pay more attention to simple past tense proficiency of students because simple past tense proficiency and writing simple past sentence ability have significant relationship each other. The students should pay more attention to their ability in simple past tense proficiency because their writing simple past sentence ability will also be determined by their ability in simple past tense proficiency. If the student has good mastery in simple past tense proficiency he/she will also have good ability in writing simple past sentence.

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