An Analysis of the Third Year Students’ Ability in Writing Compound Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions at English Department of Bung Hatta University

Surya, Wulandari and Lisa, Tavriyanti and Lailatul, Husna (2015) An Analysis of the Third Year Students’ Ability in Writing Compound Sentences Using Coordinating Conjunctions at English Department of Bung Hatta University. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to find out the third year students‟ ability in writing compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was 87 students attending Structure IV of English Department in 2014/2015 academic year. The researcher used cluster random sampling in taking the sample since the students were distributed into classes and all members of population were homogeneous. The members of population were taught by using the same curriculum, syllabus, material, and lecturer in structure subject. The selected sample was class C. There were 31 students as the sample of the research. In collecting the data, the researcher used writing sentence test. The result of this study showed that in general the third year students‟ ability in writing compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions was moderate. It could be seen that 16.13% students had high ability, 67.74% students had moderate ability, and 16.13% students had low ability. In detail, the percentages of each aspect in writing compound sentences test were 70.97% students had moderate ability using “for” and “and”, 74.19% students had moderate ability using “but”, 54.84% students had moderate ability using “or”, 58.07% students had moderate ability using “so”.The students did not understand the meaning of conjunctions in writing compound sentences. They cannot differentiate compound sentences from simple sentences when using conjunctions. Based on the result of the research, English teachers are suggested to give and to motivate the students to do more exercises. The students are expected to learn more and to do more exercises writing compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions.

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