The Correlation between Students’ Simple Present Tense Mastery and Descriptive Writing Achievement of The Eleventh Grade Students of MAN 1 Palembang

Yunica, Yunica (2017) The Correlation between Students’ Simple Present Tense Mastery and Descriptive Writing Achievement of The Eleventh Grade Students of MAN 1 Palembang. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.

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Abstract

This study investigated the correlation between students’ simple present tense mastery and descriptive writing achievement, and explored the influence of simple present tense mastery on descriptive writing achievement of the eleventh grade students of MAN 1 Palembang. The sample of this study was 70 students’ of the eleventh grade students of MAN 1 Palembang. The technique of selecting the sample was convenience sampling. Then, to collect the data, the students were given two instruments, (1) grammar test; (2) writing test. Distributions of frequency data, Descriptive statistic, Pearson product moment correlation and regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. Based on the data analysis, it was found that r (.354) < r-table (.306) with significant level 0.03 which was lower than 0.05. Thus, it indicated that there was a significant correlation between students’ simple present tense mastery and descriptive writing achievement. Besides that, based on the result of simple regression analysis of the variables, it was found that the students’ simple present tense mastery gave significant effect in the level of 12.5 % toward descriptive writing achievement, and 87.5% was unexplained other factors. It was implied that the more students’ master simple present tense the better their descriptive writing will be. Moreover, several suggestions for students, teacher of English, and future research are addressed in the present study.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate Thesis)
Subjects: ?? L1 ??
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > 88201 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: UPT Perpustakaan Pusat
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2021 07:20
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2021 07:20
URI: http://repository.radenfatah.ac.id/id/eprint/12423

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