A CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PAST TENSE MASTERY AND THEIR LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARD THEIR ABILITY TO COMPREHEND RECOUNT TEXT ON GRADE X STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 5 PADANG

IVANDRA, AMOR GANELSON and Adzanil, Prima Septy and Khairul, Harha (2016) A CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PAST TENSE MASTERY AND THEIR LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARD THEIR ABILITY TO COMPREHEND RECOUNT TEXT ON GRADE X STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 5 PADANG. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ simple past tense mastery and their learning motivation toward their ability to comprehend recount text on grade X students at SMA Negeri 5 Padang.The number of population was 279 students.The researcher took two classes as sample by using cluster random sampling technique. The classes selected as sample were classes X 7 and X 9. The researcher gathered the data by using simple past tense test to measure students’simple past tense mastery, questionnaire to measure students’ learning motivation and reading test to measure students’ ability to comprehend recount text. To analyze the data the researcher used the Person Product Moment Formula and Multiple Correlation Formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that the students’ simple past tense mastery was moderate (60.71%), their learning motivation was moderate (78.6%), and their ability to comprehend recount text was moderate (78.6%). The researcher found the coeffficientcorrelation between students’ simple past tense mastery and their ability to comprehend recount text was .93 and value of r table was .388(α .05 and df = 26). It means that the r counted was bigger than r table ( .93 > .388) and the correlation was significant. Next, the researcher found the coeffficient correlation between students’ lerning motivation and their ability to comprehend recount text was .86 and value of r table was .388(α .05 and df = 26). It means that the r counted was bigger than r table ( .86> .388) and the correlation was significant. Then, the researcher found the coeffficient correlation between students’ simple past tense mastery and their learning motivation was .89 and value of r table was .388(α .05 and df = 26). It means that the r counted was bigger than r table ( .89 > .388) and the correlation was significant. Finaly, the researcher foundthe value of coefficient correlation of three variables was .93 and f- counted was 9.60, while the value of f- table was 3.39 (α .05) (df) n-k-1 (25) (see Appendix 34). It means that f- counted (9.60) was bigger that f- table (3.39). The researcher suggested to the teacher to give more grammar exercise especially in simple past tense to improve their simple past tense mastery, improve their learning motivation by using variety of interested method and activity during teaching learning strategy, and give more reading exercises in order to improve the students’ ability to comprehend reading text.

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