Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
YEYET, SALSUNDARA
Welya, Roza
Lely, Refnita
Subject
L Education (General)
Datestamp
2020-09-25 04:19:45
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to describe the second year students?
ability in writing passive sentences using simple present tense at the English
Department of Bung Hatta University. This research was designed wits
descriptive method. The population of this research was the second year students
at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The total number of population
was 24 students, and they were grouped into one class PING A.
To collect the data, the researcher used writing test. The researcher asked
the students to write passive sentences using simple present tense. The researcher
only measured the ability of the second year students in writing passive sentences
using simple present tense in the form of affirmative, negative, and interrogative
by considering four components of writing (meaning, grammar, vocabulary,
mechanics). In analyzing the data, the researcher did the following steps. The first,
she presented the score of each sample that had been given and converted by first
scorer and the second scorer. Then she classified the students? ability into very
good, good, moderate and low ability based on Bung Hatta University criterion.
Based on the results of data analysis, it was concluded that the second
year students? ability in writing passive sentences using simple present tense at the
English Department of Bung Hatta University in general is very good. It was
proved by the facts that 79% of them could write passive senteces using simple
present tense. Specifically, 87.5% students had very good ability to write passive
sentences in affirmative form, 87.5% students had very good ability to write
passive sentences in negative form, and 83.24% students had very good ability to
write passive sentences in interrogative form.
Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the second
year students? ability in writing passive sentences using simple present tense at the
English Department of Bung Hatta University was very good. Relating to the
conclusion, she suggests lecturers to increase the level of exercise. Students are
suggested to maintain their ability and improve it by studying passive sentences
using present tense.