AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE HAVING COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AT SMP KARTIKA 1-6 PADANG

YENI, SANOFA and Welya, Roza and Lely, Refnita (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE HAVING COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AT SMP KARTIKA 1-6 PADANG. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research attempted to describe the ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns of the first grade students at SMP Kartika Padang. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was the first grade students at SMP Kartika 1-6 Padang. The total number of population members was 128 students. They were distributed in four classes, class VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4. The researcher used cluster random sampling to select the sample, and class VII.1 had been chosen to be the sample of this research. The researcher used writing sentence test to collect the data. The researcher got the coefficient correlations of the test was .99 (see Appendix 2). It means the reliabilty of the test was reliable. Based on the result of data analysis, it was indicated that the first grade students‟ ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns at SMP Kartika 1-6 Padang was low. It was proved that (80%) students had low ability (see Appendix 10-11). In detail, the result of data analysis also showed that 70% students had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having singular countable nouns (see Appendix 12-13). The data analysis showed that 60% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having singular countable nouns (see Appendix 14-15). The findings showed that 63% had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having plural countable nouns.The result of the data analysis showed that 57% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having plural countable noun (see Appendix 16- 17).the data analysis showed that 80% students had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having uncountable nouns (see Appendix 20-21). The data analysis showed that 97% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having uncountable nouns (see Appendix 22-23). Based on the findings, the researcher hoped the result of this research will give contribution of knowledge to English teachers, the students. For the teachers, it gives them information about the students‟ ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Besides, it gives the contribution in learning process for the students. If the students know the function of countable nouns and uncountable nouns, they can improve their ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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