By
SITI SHOLIKHATUN NIM 2010-32-069
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MASTERY OF IRREGULAR VERBS
AND THE ABILITY OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF
THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N 1 KUDUS
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20113/2014
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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SITI SHOLIKHATUN NIM 2010-32-069
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MASTERY OF IRREGULAR VERBS
AND THE ABILITY OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF
THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N 1 KUDUS
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20113/2014
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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SITI SHOLIKHATUN NIM 2010-32-069
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program In the Department of English Education
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MASTERY OF IRREGULAR VERBS
AND THE ABILITY OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF
THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N 1 KUDUS
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 20113/2014
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
Keep smile every time and everywhere, then be useful person to other
person.
“Actually after difficulties there will be abridgment, if you have finished
doing something, and then doing other business seriously.” (Q.S. Al-Insyiroh: 6-7)
Dedication:
This Skripsi is dedicated to:
Her beloved parents, the late Mr. Moh.
Sulchin and Mrs. Djami’atun
Her beloved sisters, her brothers and her
cutest nephews also nieces
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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Siti Sholikhatun (NIM: 2010-32-069) has been approved by the Skripsi advisors for further approval by the Examining Committee.
Kudus,
17 May
2014Advisor I
Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd NIS. 0610701000001201
Advisor II
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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Siti Sholikhatun (NIM: 2010-32-069) has been approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Education
Kudus, 7 June 2014
Skripsi Examining Committee:
Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd Chairman
NIS. 0610701000001201
Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S, M.Pd. Member NIS. 0610701000001187
Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd Member
NIS. 0610701000001204
Diah Kurniati, S. Pd, M. Pd Member
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillah, the writer grateful prays are praised to Allah the almighty and merciful God, for the guidance and blessing so that the writer can finish this Skripsi entitled “The Correlation between the Mastery of Irregular verbs and the Ability of Wring Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014”.
The writer realizes that she would not be able to finish her skripsi without any guidance, advice, suggestion and encouragement from many people. Through this occasion, the writer would like to express her gratitude and thanks to:
1. Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd., M.Pd. as the Head of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Nuraeningsih, S.Pd., M.Pd. as the first advisor, who has guided with best guidance, best support to the writer in finishing this Skripsi with all her patience.
4. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S., M.Pd. as the second advisor, who has also given the writer time, guidance, and suggestion.
5. H. Ali Musyafak, S.Ag., M.Pd.I. as the headmaster of MTs N 1 Kudus who has given permission to do this research at his school.
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7. Her beloved parents and families who always care, support, and pray for everything.
8. Her teachers since she was child, thanks for the patience in teaching her with all of their heart. Let her remember and take this as a gift.
9. Her beloved man who always accompanies, cares, and supports her in any condition. Thanks for motivation; she hopes he will be her future.
10.Her friends in “English Conversation Club (ECC)” family, Choir “Ning-Nong”, and “TPQ AN-NUUR” Thanks for their supports, and motivations. 11.Her friends and all people that cannot be mentioned one by one for any
help they have given.
The writer hopes that this Skripsi will be useful for them who are in the field of education. Amin.
Kudus, 14 May 2014
The Writer
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Sholikhatun, Siti. 2014. The Correlation between the Mastery of Irregular Verbs and the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd., M.Pd., (ii) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S., M.Pd.
Key words: the mastery of irregular verbs, writing, recount text, correlation.
Grammatical structure is important element to compose a good writing. With accurate grammar especially in using verbs, we can compose a writing paragraph in all kinds of text. Moreover in recount text, the form of verbs will be changed into past form of regular and irregular verbs. It makes confused and still difficult to apply both of them, especially in irregular verbs. Irregular verbs are the most difficult verbs when we apply in writing recount text. Therefore, we have to master irregular verbs by memorizing them firstly then we can write recount text easily. In fact, the students who got good score in writing recount text, mostly they were good in mastery of irregular verbs, and also vice versa. Because of that matter, the writer is curious about the mastery of irregular verbs and the ability of writing recount text.
This research is aimed at finding out whether the mastery of irregular verbs significantly correlates with the ability of writing recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014.
The writer conducted a correlational research. The sample is VIII A class which consists of 30 students. The sample is taken by cluster random sampling technique. Test is used as the instrument of this research. There are two kinds of test to gather data; completion tests that consist of 25 items to get the data of students’ irregular verbs mastery and essay test of recount text to get the students’ achievement in writing recount text.
The result of the research showed that the mean for the mastery of irregular verbs score 80, and the standard deviation 9.87. From the data of mean, it could be categorized an excellent criterion. Then, the mean for the ability of writing recount text was 77.63, and the standard deviation 5.104. From the data of mean, it was also categorized a good criterion. From those data, the writer got the index correlation; rxy was 0.63, it was high correlation. the rxy was not equal 0 (rxy≠0). That data showed that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. So the writer concluded that the mastery of irregular verbs significantly correlates with the ability of writing recount text of the eighth grade students of MTs N 1 Kudus in academic year 2013/2014.
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Sholikhatun, Siti. 2014. Korelasi antara Penguasaan Kata Kerja tidak Beraturan dan Kemampuan Menulis Teks Recount oleh Siswa Kelas Delapan MTs N 1 Kudus Tahun Pelajaran 2013/2014 Skripsi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd., M.Pd., (ii) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S., M.Pd.
Kata Kunci: Penguasaan dari kata kerja tidak beraturan, menulis, teks recount, korelasi.
Struktur tata bahasa merupakan komponen penting untuk sebuah tulisan yang baik. Dengan ketepatan struktur tata bahasa terutama dalam penggunaan kata kerja, kita dapat menyusun sebuah tulisan paragraf di berbagai macam-macam teks. Bahkan dalam teks recount, bentuk dari kata kerja akan di ubah menjadi bentuk lampau dari kata kerja beraturan dan tidak beraturan. Hal ini membingungkan dan masih sulit untuk menggunakan kedua bentuk tersebut, terutama penggunaan kata kerja tidak beraturan. Kata kerja tidak beraturan adalah kata kerja yang paling sulit ketika kita mengaplikasikan ke dalam teks tulisan recount. Maka dari itu, kita harus menguasai kata kerja tidak beraturan dengan cara menghafalkan terlebih dahulu kemudian kita dapat menulis teks recount dengan mudah. Pada kenyataannya, siswa-siswi yang mendapat nilai baik dalam menulis teks recount, kebanyakan dari mereka mendapat nilai baik dalam penguasaan kata kerja tidak beraturan, dan juga sebaliknya. Maka dari itu, penulis ingin mengetahui tentang penguasaan dari kata kerja tidak beraturan dan kemampuan dari menulis teks recount.
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan apakah penguasaan kata kerja tidak beraturan berkorelasi secara signifikan dengan kemempuan dari menulis teks recount oleh kelas delapan MTs N 1 Kudus tahun pelajaran 2013/2014.
Penulis telah melaksanakan sebuah penelitian korelasi dengan sampelnya adalah VIII A yang terdiri dari 30 siswa dan diambil dengan cara teknik sampel kelompok secara acak. Instrument yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah tes. Ada dua tes untuk menggumpulkan data ini, yaitu tes isian singkat yang terdiri atas 25 soal untuk mendapatkan data dari siswa untuk penguasaan kata kerja tidak beraturan dan tes menulis teks untuk mendapatkan data dari siswa dalam pencapaian menulis teks recount.
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terima. Maka penulis menyimpulkan bahwa penguasaan kata kerja tidak beraturan berkorelasi secara signifikan dengan kemempuan dari menulis teks recount oleh kelas delapan MTs N 1 Kudus tahun pelajaran 2013/2014.
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1.6 Operational Definition ... 6
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2.4.2.2 Lexicogrammatical Features ... 25
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research ... 31
3.2 Population and Sample ... 31
3.3 Instrument of the Research ... 32
3.4 Data Collection ... 36
3.5 Data Analysis ... 37
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 Data Description ... 40
4.1.1 The Mastery of Irregular Verbs of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 40
4.1.2 The Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 43
4.1.3 The Correlation between the Mastery of Irregular Verbs and the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 46
4.2 Hypothesis Testing ... 47
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION 5.1 The Mastery of Irregular Verbs of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 48
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5.3 The Correlation between the Mastery of Irregular Verbs and the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of
MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 51
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1 Conclusion ... 53
6.2 Suggestion ... 54
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 56
APPENDICES ... 59
STATEMENT ... 126
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
2.1 the English Material of the Eight Grade of MTs N 1 Kudus in
Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 10
2.2 Rules of Regular Verbs ... 14
2.3 Example of Recount Text... 26
3.1 Rubric of the Writing Test ... 34
3.2 the Criteria of Measuring Test Score ... 35
4.1 Test Scores of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 41
4.2 the Frequency Distribution of Test Scores of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 42
4.3 Test Scores of the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 43
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
2.1 Composition of Recount Text ... 29 4.1 the Graph of Test Scores of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 42 4.2 the Graph of Test Scores of the Ability of Writing Recount Text of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
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Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 108 4. the Answer Sheet of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs Test of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 109 5. the Test of the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 110 6. the Answer Sheet of the Ability of Writing Recount Text Test of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 111 7. the Try Out Score of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs Test of the
Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 112 8. the Calculation of Try Out Test of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 113 9. the Reliability of Try Out Test of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs of
the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year
2013/2014 ... 115 10. the Score of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs Test of the Eighth Grade
Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 117 11. the Calculation of the Mastery of Irregular Verbs Test of the Eighth
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12. the Score of the Ability of Writing Recount Text Test of the Eighth
Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 120
13. the Calculation of the Ability of Writing Recount Text Test of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 121
14. the Index Correlation between the Mastery of Irregular Verbs and the Ability of Writing Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTs N 1 Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014 ... 123
15. the rtable of Correlation Product Moment ... 125
16. Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan ... 129
17. Permohonan ujian Skripsi ... 130
18. Lembar Konsultasi ... 131
