CHAPTER IV. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Research Findings
The objective of the study was aimed how the ability of the fifth-semester studentsin using subject-verb agreement of simple present tense in writing an essay.
The result of this objective is presented in the research finding table below:
Table 4.1 Percentage of the Students’ Level Mastery in the subject-verb agreementof simple present tense
Number Classification Number Percentage
1. Excellent ( 96 – 100 ) 7 Students 20 %
2. Very Good (86 – 95 ) 16 Students 45.71 %
3. Good ( 76 –85 ) 8 Students 22.86 %
4. Fairly good ( 66 – 75 ) 3 Students 8.57 %
5. Fair ( 56 – 65 ) 1 Student 2.86 %
6. Poor ( 36 – 55 ) 0 Student 0 %
7. Very poor ( 0 – 35 ) 0 Student 0 %
Total : 35 Students 100 %
From the table above, the researcher got the result that there were 7 or (20%) students whose mastery level were excellent, 16 or (45.71 %) students gained a very good level, 8 or (22.86 %) students whose mastery level were good, 3 or (8.57 %) students gained a fairly good level, 1 or (2.86 %) student gained a fair level, no
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student gained a poor level. And the last level is very poor and no student gained this level.
Here are the examples of students' subject-verb agreement used for each level category:
(note : NR that is explained below is the students cod)
1. Excellent level category
NR 27 got this category because this student made 12 subject-verb agreements used of the simple present in the writing test, namely:
a. Losari Beach is a beach located in west of the city of Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.
b. This beach is a place for Makassar residents to spend time in the morning, afternoon and evening.
c. This place is also for enjoying the beautiful sunset views
d. The distance of Losari Beach from Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport is approximately 20 KM.
e. Vendors and traders only operate at night.
f. The tent stalls lined the beach are less long over one kilometer.
g. One of the typical Makassar snacks sold in the tent stalls is the epe banana.
h. One of the typical Makassar snacks sold in the tent stalls is the epe banana.
i. It is raw banana that is burned, then made flat j. It is best eaten
k. It is still warm with various toppings on top such as grated cheese, strawberry jam, etc.
l. It is also still around Losari Beach.
All of the subject-verb agreements used above are correct because they follow the rules of simple present tense both verbal and nominal. This student’s result was 100. The score “100” was categorized into excellent level with the scores are (96 –100).
2. Very good level category
NR 18 got this category because this student made 16 subject-verb agreements used of the simple present tense in the writing test, namely:
a. This weather region is clammy b. Bogor has famous place c. It is puncak pusara
d. The travelers from others region always visit Bogor for visiting PuncakPusara Bogor
e. Bogor also has interesting history since 1937
f. It is about the kapitan who stayed there for comforting the colonizer
g. The government there build the statue of Kapitan in front of the gate Puncak Pusara Bogor. (Incorrect)
h. The people of Bogor has different language with other sundanese which the language is slightly rough with other sunda language (incorrect)
i. The people around Bogor, moreover, the girls there most of them are beautiful
j. The people Bogor are kind
k. They have a good attitude with the travelers and others
l. It is the place which is led by Ridwan Kamil as the up to date person in West Java
m. There is something new in Bogor n. It is exactly in Puncak
o. It is useful for the travelers p. It is also useful for the sales there
From 16 subject-verb agreements used above, there were 14 correct subject-verb agreements used. This student's result was 87, 5. The score “87, 5”
was categorized into very good level with the scores are (86 – 95).
3. Good level category
NR 15 got this category because this student made 16 subject-verb agreements used of the simple present tense in the writing test, namely:
a. I from Enrekang (incorrect)
b. I want to tell you about my story during learning online due to Covid 19 c. I live in a little village
d. Its name is Madata
e. I don’t access internet easily f. in my village is at mountain
g. the network is not good for learning online h. my lecture use whatsapp (incorrect) i. I sometimes attend the class
j. I don’t attend the class
k. During learning online if I want to access internet l. if there class (incorrect)
m. it is not far
n. I still walk a little to get there
o. I also wake up at 12:00 am to work my task p. if the night my network is good to access internet
From 16 subject-verb agreements used above, there were 13 correct subject-verb agreements used. This student’s result was 81, 25. The score “81, 25” was categorized into good level with the scores are (76 – 85).
4. Fairly good level category
NR 11 got this category because this student made 15 subject-verb agreements used of the simple present in the writing test, namely:
a. It is easier to get music based on our own personality b. One of my favorite singer is one direction
c. One direction are an English pop boy band formed in London, England in 2010 (incorrect)
d. Their name become more famous (incorrect)
e. The five boys who make a lot of young ladies hysterical are Niall Horrand, Zayn Malik, Lovis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles
f. He also want to make albums (incorrect)
g. he want to collaborate with world-renowned musicians (incorrect) h. Next boy is Zayn Malik
i. urban music is the main factor affecting his musical career in R&B and rap genre
j. Next boy is Lovis Tomlinson
k. The musician who is idolized and influenced his musical journey the most is Robbie Williams
l. Fourth Boy is Liam Payne
m. Liam is a fan of Justin Timberlake
n. Timberlake is the biggest influence in his musical career o. The last boy is Harry Style
From the 15 subject-verb agreements used above, there were 11 correct subject-verb agreements used. This student’s result was 73.33. The
score "73.33" was categorized into fairly good levels with the scores are (66 – 75).
5. Fair level category
NR 33 got this category because this student made 19 subject-verb agreements used of the simple present tense in the writing test, namely:
a. They are can just friend and close friend (incorrect) b. Friends are people who know you
c. you just take a several time with them d. They are just know you (incorrect) e. they also admires you
f. they not know all about you (incorrect)
g. they not accepting your personality (incorrect)
h. The second aspect we talking about best friend who loves, cares, and always gives you support whatever your condition (incorrect)
i. They know our personality not only on the surface but overall j. They give us a chance
k. we make a mistake
l. they also give advice to be a good personality
m. They accepting negative and positive aspect in our personality (incorrect) n. Friendship is one of the greatest blessings that not everyone is lucky
enough to have
o. We meet a lot of people in the journey of life p. there is only few friends who stay with us
q. My best friends is one such person who has been able to make a positive impact in my life (incorrect)
r. I fell extremely fortunate to have someone as a best friend in my life s. we do the same thing
From 19 subject-verb agreements used above, there were 11 correct subject-verb agreements used. The student's result was 57.89. The score
“57.89” was categorized into fair level with the scores are (56 – 65).
Table 4.2 Mean Score of The Students’ Result
Total of students’ scores 3088.42
Total number of students 35
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Mean Score 88.24
From the table above, the researcher concluded that the students' ability in using subject verb-agreement of the simple present tense in writing an essay in the fifth semester of the English Department at Alauddin State IslamicUniversity of Makassar was categorized into the very good level as the score is 88.24. This score was got based on the result of all the students' scores that were divided into 35 or the total of the students.
This research described the students' ability in using subject-verb agreement of simple present tense in writing an essay at the fifth-semester students of the English Department at the Alauddin State Islamic University of Makassar. Based on the result of this research, the researcher would like to describe this research by using a table which is appended on the page appendix. The researcher found the scores based on the calculation that the researcher did.