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STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF PAST TENSE THROUGH CLOZE EXERCISES: A

CASE STUD Y OF HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan

Devianika Pusphita Wibowo

112007109

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

SALATIGA

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STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION OF PAST TENSE THROUGH CLOZE EXERCISES: A

CASE STUD Y OF HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Sarjana Pendidikan

Devianika Pusphita Wibowo

112007109

Approved by

Thesis Supervisor Thesis Examiner

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Students’ Ac uisition of Past Tense Th ough Cloze Exe cises: A Case Study of High School Learners

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STUDENTS’

ACQUISITION OF PAST TENSE THROUGH CLOZE EXERCISES: A

CASE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS

Devianika Pusphita Wibowo

Satya Wacana Christian University

Abstract

This study aimed to

describe the students’ acquisition of past tense.

The

participants were five students from 3

rd

grade of senior high school who were

chosen randomly. This research used 10 tests taken from authentic materials

downloaded from the internet. The results of this study revealed that high

school learners did not show a good progress through past tense using cloze

exercise because the scores fluctuated. However some aspects such as learners

did not pay attention of the instruction and lacked understanding with some

regular, irregular verbs, modals, and verb

be-

_{influenced the scores.}