THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PAST TENSE AND WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT GRADE X OF SMA YAYASAN NASIONAL PETATAL 2019/2020

Abstract

ABSTRAK

The ability to write narrative, which constitues communicative competence, requires another supporting sub competences. The past tense should be acquired in order to be able to write recount well. The objective of the study is to reveal whether there is a correlation between students’ mastery of past tense and their writing narrative text. Furthermore, it attempts to find out the extent to which the studets’ mastery of past tense affects their ability to write narrative. To achieve the objectives of the study, the writer conducted a field research in which a test of past tense and that of writing narrative were administrated. The subjects of the study were the tenth graders of SMA Yayasan Nasional Petatal. There are 40 students is taken randomly as sample. The data were collected by giving multiple choice  in past tense  test item by asking the sample to write narrative paragraph. The data are analyzed by applying the Pearson Product Moment formula. The finding indicated that rxy was 0.81. this indicated that the calculated value of r is greater than the critical value at the level 5% = 0.312 and at levell 1% = 0.403. [0.81>0.312]. it means that the alternative Hypothesis (Ha) of the study is accepted and Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It can be conlude that there is any significant the correlation between students mastery of past tense and writing narrative text.

Keywords : Correlation Study, Mastery of Past Tense, Ability to write Narrative.