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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PAST

TENSE AND WRITING PAST RECOUNT TEXT AT SMA N 1

KOTAWARINGIN LAMA

THESIS

Presented to Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan

By :

MULYANI

1101120672

STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF PALANGKA RAYA

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

1438 H / 2016 M

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APPROVAL OF THE THESIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Palangka Raya, November 11st2016

Approved by:

Advisor I, Advisor II,

Sabarun, M.Pd.

ORN. 19680322 200801 1 005

Santi Erliana, M.Pd

ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

The Vice Dean of Academics,

The Chairman of Language

Education Department,

Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jennah, M.Pd. Santi Erliana, M.Pd.

ORN. 19671003 199303 2 001 ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

Title : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN

STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PAST TENSE

AND WRITING PAST RECOUNT TEXT AT

SMA N 1 KOTAWARINGIN LAMA

Name : Mulyani

SRN : 1101120672

Faculty : Education and Teacher Training

Department : Language Education

Study Program : English Education

Level : S-1

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PERSETUJUAN SKRIPSI

JudulSkripsi : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN

STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PAST TENSE

AND WRITING PAST RECOUNT TEXT AT

SMA N 1 KOTAWARINGIN LAMA

Nama : Mulyani

NIM : 1101120672

Fakultas : Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan

Jurusan : Pendidikan Bahasa

ProgramStudi : Tadris Bahasa Inggris

Jenjang : S-1

Palangka Raya, 11 Nopember 2016

Menyetujui:

Pembimbing I, Pembimbing II,

Sabarun, M.Pd.

ORN. 19680322 200801 1 005

Santi Erliana, M.Pd.

ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

Wakil Dekan Bidang Akademik, Ketua Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa,

Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jennah, M.Pd. Santi Erliana, M.Pd.

ORN. 19671003 199303 2 001 ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

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OFFICIAL NOTE

Case :

Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb

By reading and analyzing of the thesis, we think that thesis in the name of:

Name : Mulyani

Student Registration Number : 1101120672

Title of the thesis :

Can be examined in partial fulfillmentof the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan Islam

in the Study Program of English Education of the Language Education Department of the

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of the State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya.

Thank you for your attention.

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Advisor I,

Advisor II,

Sabarun, M.Pd.

ORN. 19680322 200801 1 005

Santi Erliana, M.Pd

ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

Palangkaraya, November11st2016

Please be Examination of

Mulyani’s thesis To.The Dean of Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of State

Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya

In

Palangka Raya

Palangka Raya

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’

MASTERY OF PAST TENSE AND WRITING

PAST RECOUNT TEXT AT SMA N 1

KOTAWARINGIN LAMA.

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NOTA DINAS

Perihal : Permohonan Ujian Skripsi Palangka Raya, 11 Nopember2016

Mulyani

Kepada

Yth. Dekan Fakultas Tarbiyah dan

Ilmu Keguruan IAIN Palangka Raya

di

Palangka Raya

Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Setelah membaca dan menganalisa skripsi ini, kami menyatakan bahwa:

Nama :Mulyani

NIM :1101120672

Judul Skripsi :

Sudah dapat diujikan untuk memperoleh Gelar Sarjana Pendidikan Islam pada

Program Study Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan

IAIN Palangka Raya.

Terima kasih atas perhatian Bapak/Ibu.

Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.

Pembimbing I, Pembimbing II,

Sabarun, M.Pd.

ORN. 19680322 200801 1 005

Santi Erliana, M.Pd

ORN. 19801205 200604 2 003

HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGUASAAN SISWA

TERHADAP PAST TENSE DAN MENULIS PAST

RECOUNT TEXT DI SMA N 1 KOTAWARINGIN

LAMA.

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LEGALIZATION OF THESIS EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Thisthesis entitles THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’

MASTERYOF PAST TENSE AND WRITING PAST RECOUNT TEXT. In the

name of Mulyani, and her Students Registration Number is 1101120672. It has been

examined by Team of Examiners of the State Islamic Institute of Palangkaraya on:

Day : Friday

Date :November11st2016

Palangka Raya,November 11st,2016

Team of Examiners:

1. Luqman Baehaqi, M.Pd

Chairman/ Member

(…….…………………………….)

2. M. Zaini Miftah, M.Pd

Member

(…….…………………………….)

3. Sabarun, M.pd

Member

(…….…………………………….)

4. Santi Erliana, M.Pd

Secretary/Member

(…….…………………………….)

TheStateIslamic Institute ofPalangka Raya

TheDean of Faculty of Tarbiyah and

Teacher Training

Dr.s Fahmi, M.Pd

ORN. 196105201999031003

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bismillahirrohmanirrohim

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the World who has given me mercy and blessing

and bestowed upon the writer in completing this thesis. Peace and Blessing be upon

our prophet Muhammad SAW, his families, companions and followers.

The writer would like to give her greatest grateful to:

1. Dr. Ibnu Elmi A.S. Pelu, S.H., M.H., the Rector of State Islamic Institute of

Palangka Raya (IAIN).

2. Drs. Fahmi, M.Pd., the Dean Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of State

Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya.

3. Dra. Hj. Rodhatul Jannah, M.Pd., the Vice Dean 1 of Academic Affairs.

4. Santi Erliana, M.Pd., as the Chair of Language Education Department.

5. M. Zaini Miftah, M.Pd., as the chief of the English Education Study Program.

6. Akhmad Ali Mirza, M.Pd., as the Academic Advisor who always guiding and

giving suggestion wisely to finish my study.

7. Sabarun, M.Pd., as the first advisor, for the valuable time to help, guidance,

helpful corrections and suggestions during completing this thesis.

8. Santi Erliana, M.Pd., as the second advisor, who has given the writer precious

help, the guidance and advices patiently during the completion this thesis.

9. Drs. Gt. Suryansyah, the headmasterof SMA N 1 Kotawaringin Lama, who had

allowed the writer to conduct the research.

10. Afita Dewi Mairawati, S.Pd., as the English teacher of SMA N 1 Kotawaringin

Lama for her help and suggestions.

11. All lectures in English Education Department who always give motivation and

valuable knowledge during her research.

12. All the students of class XI IPA, XI IPS 1 and XI IPS 2, who had participated in

this study that eventually this thesis may be accomplishment.

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13. All of friends who always help and give the writer support, time and remind to

accomplishing this thesis.

14. The big family who never give up on supporting, motivation and moral

encouragement to finish this thesis.

The words are not enough to say any appreciation for their help and

contribution in this thesis. May Allah, the almighty blesses them. Moreover, the

writer realized that this thesis is far from perfect. It is a pleasure to get critiques and

suggestions to make this thesis better.

Palangka Raya, November 11st

2016

MULYANI

1101120672

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CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF PAST TENSE

AND STUDENTS’ WRITING PAST RECOUNT TEXT AT SMA N 1

KOTAWARINGIN LAMA.

ABSTRACT

The objective of the study is to find out the correlation between students

mastery of past tense and students achievement in writing past recount text.

The method of this study is correlation study. Population of this research is

eleventh grade students of SMA N 1 Kotawaringin Lama and the sample was applied

by a random sampling technique, with the total of sample is 40 students. The

instruments used to collect the data were tests, the tests were past tense test which

used multiple choice, and writing test. The collected data was analyzed by using

Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The formula used to find out the correlation

between students’ mastery of past tense and students’ achievement in writing past

recount text.

The result of this research are as follows, the average score of students’

mastery of past tense is 59.9. The average of students’ achievement in writing past

recount text is 64.41. The final result of correlation coeficient (rxy) was 0.347 and the

critical value from the formula of degree of freedom 1% is 0,403 and 5% is 0.312 it

means that the result obtained from the computation is greater than its critical

value.Based on the finding, the table of “r” product moment show that the correlation

value is on the “low” size, in which between 0.20-0.399. It meant, there is low

correlation between students’ mastery of pas tense and writing past recount

text.Moreover, based on the calculation of determination coefficient (KP) obtained,

mastery of past tense has12.04% constribution towards writing past recount text at

eleventh grade students’ SMA N 1 Kotawaringin Lama. Based on the result, it can be

concluded that there is significant correlation between students’ mastery of past tense

and students’ achievement in writing past recount text.

It is recommended that: The students should improve their mastery of past

tense because the mastery of past tense can improve their achievement in expressing

past activities in writing and the students should practice to write frequently. It is

essential for the teacher to know the one of the factors affect the students’ ability in

expressing past activities especially in writing is the students’ mastery of past tense.

The teachers are suggested to vary the way they teach particularly teaching English

writing. Not only teaching scientific writing but also they are expected to increase

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students’ grammar mastery. For the researchers, this study may also be relevant

previous study that can be used by other researcher to conduct a further research

relating to correlation between language skill and language components. This study

also may become the source of inspiration for the next researchers to improve the

weaknesses and choose the other instruments, expansion, or evaluation.

Key words : Correlation, Past Tense, Writing Past Recount Text

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HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENGUASAAN SISWA TERHADAP PAST TENSE

DAN MENULIS PAST RECOUNT TEXT DI SMA N 1 KOTAWARINGIN

LAMA

ABSTRAK

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untukmengetahui hubungan antara

penguasaan siswa terhadap past tense dan

Metode penelitian ini adalah studi korelasi. Populasi penelitian ini adalah

siswa kelas sebelas SMA N 1 Kotawaringin Lama dan menerapkan teknik random

sampling dengan jumlah sample sebanyak 40 siswa. Intstrumen yang digunakan

untuk mengumpulkan data adalah dengan tes, Tes Past Tense yang menggunakan

multiple choice dan Tes Writing. Data penelitian dianalisis dengan menggunakan

Pearson Product Moment. Formula digunakan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara

penguasaan sisws terhadap past tense dan kemampuan siswa dalam menulis past

recount text.

Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah sebagai berikut, nilai rata-rata penguasaan

siswa terhadap past tense dalah 59.9. Nilai rata-rata kemampuan siswa terhadap

writing past recount text adalah 64.41. Hasil akhir dari perhitungan korelasi koefisien

(rxy)adalah 0,347dan critical value dari formula degree of freedom adalah 1%

0,403dan 5% 0.312 itu berarti hasil yang diperoleh dari dari perhitungan adalah lebih

besar dati critical value. Berdasarkan dari hasilnya, tbel “r” product mmoment

menunjukkan korelasi value ada pada ukuran “lemah”, yang mana antara 0.20-0.399.

yang artinya ada hubungan yang lemah antara penguasaan siswa terhadap past tense

dan menulis past recount text. Selain itu, berdasarkan hasil perhitungan dari

determinasi koefisien (KP) yang diperoleh, penguasaan terhapa past tense

berkonstribusi 12.04% terhadap menulis past recount text pada kelas sebelas di SMA

N 1 Kotawaringin Lama. Berdasarkan hasilnya, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada

hubungan antara penguasaan siswa terhadap past tense dan kempuan siswa dalam

menulis past recount text.

Hasil ini direkomendasikan bahwa: Siswa-siswa harus meningkatkan

penguasaan past tense mereka karena penguasaan past tense dapat meningkatkan

kemampuan dalam mengekspresikan menulis aktivitas lampau dan siswa-siswa harus

sering berlatih menulis. Guru-guru perlu mengetahui salah satu faktor yang

mempengaruhi kemampuan siswa–siswa dalam mengekspresikan aktivitas lampau

terutama dalam menulis adalah kemampuan siswa terhadap past tense. Guru-guru

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disarankan mengubah cara mengajar terutama dalam mengajar menulis bahasa

Inggris. Tidak hanya mengajarkan ilmu menulis tapi juga diharuskan meningkaatkan

kemampuan tata bahasa. Untuk peneliti, penelitian ini juga relevan denganpenelitian

sebelumnya yang dapat digunakan oleh peneliti yang lain untuk melakukanpenelitian

lebih lanjut yang berhubungan dengan korelasi antara keterampilan bahasa dan

komponen bahasa. Penelitianini juga bisa menjadi sumber inspirasi untuk peneliti

selanjutnya untuk meningkatkan kelemahan dan memilih instrumen lainnya,

perluasan dan evaluasi.

Kata Kunci : Korelasi, Past Tense, Menulis Past Recount Teks

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DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICATION

In the name of Allah,

I myself make declaration that this thesis in titeles THE CORRELATION

BETWEEN STUDENTS MASTERY OF PAST TENS AND WRITING PAST

RECOUNT TEXT AT SMA N 1 KOTAWARINGIN LAMA is truly my own

writing so, it is given a citation and shown in list of references.

If my own dwclaration is not right in this thesis one day so, I am ready to

be given academic sanction namely, the cancellation of the degree of this thesis.

Palangka Raya, November 11st

2016

My Own Declaration

MULYANI

SRN. 1101120672

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MOTTO

يزفع هللا الذين ءامنوا منكم والذين أوتوا العلم

............درجات

"Allah will lifted up those who believe among you and those

who were given knowledge." (QS.Al-Mujadalah: 11)”

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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to some special people as follows:

My beloved father and mother (alm. Muhran Mu’in and Jumiah)

thanks for always giving me your everlasting love, praying, blessing,

struggle, and never give up supporting to finish my study.

My beloved sisters (Widayanti, Ut. Sopiatul Adawiyah, Ut. Anjely

Nuri Ramdani) and my beloved brother (Gt. Pima Agatha), I love

you so much.

All my big Family, thanks for your support and praying.

My beloved friends, Inna Miftahul Ulum, Aulia Rahmah, Norma

Yuwanti,Risna Arianty, Nur Hikmah, Erlina Widiyantari, Rea Ellisa,

Puji Lestari Mudarrisah, etc., thanks for your helps, supports, and

suggestions during doing this study.

All my lovely friends of TBI 2011, thanks for your support.

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LIST OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF COVER ...................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL OF THESIS ......................................................................................... ii

OFFICIAL NOTE ..................................................................................................... iv

LEGALIZATION OF THESIS EXAMINING COMMITTE .............................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... vii

ABSTRAK ................................................................................................................. ix

DECLARATION OF THE AUTHENTICATION .............................................. xiii

MOTTO ................................................................................................................... xiv

DEDICATION .......................................................................................................... xv TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ xvi

LIST OF TABLE .................................................................................................... xix

LIST OF FIGURE .................................................................................................. xxi

LIST OF APPENDICES ....................................................................................... xxii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 1

A. Background of Study ......................................................... 1

B. Research Problem............................................................... 4

C. Objective of the Study ........................................................ 4

D. Significance of the Study ................................................... 4

E. Variable of the study .......................................................... 5

F. Limitation of the Study ...................................................... 5

G. Hypothesis .......................................................................... 5

H. Definition of Key Terms .................................................... 6

I. Frame of Discussion ........................................................... 7

CHAPTER II RELATED OF REVIEW LITERATURE ........................... 8

A. Previous of the Study ......................................................... 9

B. The Concept of Tenses ..................................................... 10

1. Definition of Tense .................................................... 10

2. Form of Past Tense .................................................... 10

a. Simple Past Tense. ............................................... 11

b. Past Continuous Tense ......................................... 14

c. Past Perfect Tense ................................................ 16

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d. Past Perfect Continuous Tense ............................. 19

C. The Concept of Writing ................................................... 21

1. Definition of Writing.................................................. 21

2. Writing Process .......................................................... 21

D. The Concept of Recount Text .......................................... 24

1. Definition of Recount Text ........................................ 24

2. Generic Structure ....................................................... 24

3. Language Feature ....................................................... 25

4. Types of Recount Text ............................................... 25

5. Example of Recount Text .......................................... 27

E. Test Construction of Multiple Choice and Writing.......... 28

1. Multiple Choice Question ............................................ 28

a. Definition of Multiple Choice Question ................. 28

b. Multiple Choice Assessment .................................. 30

2. Writing Assessment ..................................................... 30

F. Correlation Study ............................................................. 33

1. Measuring Correlation ................................................. 34

2. Interpretation of the Correlation Coefficient ............... 34

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ...................................................... 36

A. Place and Time of the Study ............................................ 36

B. Research Design ............................................................... 36

C. Population and Sample ..................................................... 37

1. Population .................................................................. 37

2. Sample ........................................................................ 37

D. Data Collecting Technique ............................................... 38

1. Students’ mastery of past tense .................................. 38

2. Students’ achievement in writing pas recount text .... 38

E. Data Analysis Tecgnique ................................................. 41

1. Normality ..................................................................... 42

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2. Homogeneity ............................................................... 43

3. Linearity....................................................................... 43

F. Research Instrument ......................................................... 43

1. Grammar Test............................................................. 43

2. Writing Test ............................................................... 43

3. Try Out ....................................................................... 43

G. Instrument Validity .......................................................... 44

1. Content Validity ......................................................... 44

2. Face Validity .............................................................. 44

3. Construct Validity ...................................................... 45

H. Instrument Reliability....................................................... 46

1. Difficultly Level ......................................................... 47

2. Discriminating Power................................................. 49

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ......................................... 49

A. Research Findings ............................................................ 49

1. Data Description......................................................... 49

2. Data Analysis ............................................................. 52

B. Test of Hypothesis ........................................................... 55

C. Discussion ........................................................................ 56

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ............................... 58

A. Conlusion ......................................................................... 58

B. Suggestion ........................................................................ 59

REFERENCE

APPENDICES

CURICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 2.1 Rating Scale of Writing Ability Holistic ................................................... 31

Table 2.2 Scoring Rubric of Writing ......................................................................... 32

Table 2.3 The Interpretation of Correlation “r” Product Moment............................. 35

Table 3.1 Population .................................................................................................. 37

Table 3.2 Sample ....................................................................................................... 38

Table 3.3 Scoring Rubric of Writing ......................................................................... 39

Table 3.4 The Interpretation of Correlation “r” Product Moment............................. 42

Table 3.5 Validity ...................................................................................................... 46

Table 3.6 Difficultly Level ........................................................................................ 48

Table 3.7 Result of Difficultly Level ........................................................................ 48

Table 3.8 Discrimination Index ................................................................................. 50

Table 4.1 Score of students’ Mastery of Past Tense ................................................. 52

Table 4.2 Score of Students’ Writing Past Recount Text .......................................... 54

Table 4.3 Comparison Score ..................................................................................... 57

Table 4.4 Test of Normality ...................................................................................... 59

Table 4.5 Test of Homogeneity ................................................................................. 60

Table 4.6 Test of Linearity ........................................................................................ 60

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Table 4.7 Data Analysis ............................................................................................ 61

Table 4.8 SPSS Correlation ....................................................................................... 64

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LIST OF FIGURE

Figure 4.1 Past Tense Score ...................................................................................... 53

Figure 4.1 Writing Score ........................................................................................... 56

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Research Schedule

Appendix 2 Sylabus

Appendix 3 Students’ List

Appendix 4 The Instrument of Try Out

Appendix 5 The Measurement of Instrument Validity and Reliability

Appendix 6 The Instrument of Test

Appendix 7 The Sample of Students’ Answer

Appendix 8 Students’ Writing Response

Appendix 9 Students’ Score of Past Tense Test and Students’ Score of Writing

Test (two raters)

Appendix 10 r Table

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Mulyani was born on October, 12nd

1993 in Nanga Bulik, Kabupaten Lamandau,

Central Borneo. She is a daughter from alm.

Muhran and Jumiah. She has three sisters

named Widayanti, Ut. Sopiatul Adawiyah, Ut.

Anjely Nuri Ramdani, and a brother named

Gt. Pima Agatha.

She was a student at SDN 2 Kumai Hilir, Pangkalan Bun,

Kotawaringin Barat but she moved to Lamandau and graduated her

elementary at SDN 4 Bulik, Nanga Bulik, Lamandau on 2005. She continued

her junior high school at SMP N 1 Bulik and graduated on 2008.Then she

graduated her senior high school at SMA N 1 Kotawaringin Lama on 2011.

Mulyani was interested to be an English teacher then she continued

her study at State Islamic Collage of Palangka Raya which now become

State Islamic Institute Collage of Palangka Raya.