A STUDY ON THE CORRELATION AMONG STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN USING ADJECTIVE,
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE, AND THEIR
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMAN 1 BINTAN TIMUR
SKRIPSI
Ainul Basitah 190388203072
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
A STUDY ON THE CORRELATION AMONG STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN USING ADJECTIVE, SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE, AND THEIR DESCRIPTIVE
TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMAN 1 BINTAN TIMUR
Skripsi
Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment
for the Undergraduate Degree in English Language Education
Ainul Basitah 190388203072
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
APPROVAL SHEET
APPROVAL SHEET
STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINALITY OF SKRIPSI
MOTTO
Don't compare anything in your life to others if it only discourages you, make it as a motivation!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, all praise to Allah for his blessing and mercy given to the researcher during her study to finish this skripsi entitled “A Study on the Correlation Among Students’ Mastery in Using Adjective, Simple Present Tense, and Their Descriptive Text Writing Achievement at SMAN 1 Bintan Timur” as one of the requirement for the Undergraduate Degree in English Education. After that, the best wish and salutation be upon the great messenger prophet Muhammad SAW.
This skripsi would not exist without the support, motivation, and guidance of many committed individuals. The researcher would like to thank a number of people for their feedback and assistance in writing this skripsi. The following people deserve special thanks:
1. Prof. Dr. Agung Dhamar Syakti, S.Pi, DEA., as a Rector of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
2. Assist. Prof. Satria Agust, S.S., M.Pd., CIAR., as the dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
3. Assist. Prof. Dewi Nopita, S.Pd., M.Pd., as the head of the English Education Study Program of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
4. Assist. Prof. Muhammad Candra, S.Pd., M.Ed., as the researcher’s academic counselor.
5. Assist. Prof. Gatot Subroto S.S., M.Pd., as the researcher’s advisor who guided the researcher to finish this skripsi and always gave solutions to revise it.
6. Assist. Prof. Satria Agust, S.S., M.Pd., CIAR., as the researcher’s Co-advisor who guided the researcher to finish this skripsi and always gave solutions to revise it.
7. To the most special people in my life, my beloved parents, my mother Wassamsi and my father Saidil Maat who always support me and never forget to ask what I am doing and also as people who don't put pressure, obstacles and all the bad things in my study process until the researcher can finished her skripsi.
8. To my sisters and brothers for support me to finish this skripsi.
9. To all of my friends and my beloved one, who always support me and give me encouragement until I can finish this skripsi.
10. To all people which cannot be mentioned one by one, thank you so much for helped me to finished this skripsi, may all of you always be healthy and always in the protection of Allah SWT.
Hopefully, this skripsi would be useful for further researchers who will be completing the thesis as well as other relevant individuals.
Tanjungpinang, July 13th 2023
Ainul Basitah
COVER ……….……….…..…...i
APPROVAL SHEET …….………..……….…..……..ii
APPROVAL SHEET …….…………..……….…..…….iii
STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINALITY OF SKRIPSI ……….…..…...iv
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ….……….…..….v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ….……….…..….vi
TABLE OF CONTENT ...……….………….viii
LIST OF TABLES ………..……….………xi
TABLE OF APPENDICES .……….………..xii
ABSTRAK ………....……….………...xiii
ABSTRACT ………...……….……….………...xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...………...……….…..1
1.1 Background of the Study ...……….…….….…1
1.2 Identification of the Problem ...………....3
1.3 Delimitation of the Problem ...………..4
1.4 Research Question ………...4
1.5 Objective of the Study ...……….……….…..…..4
1.6 Significance of the Study ...……….…...…..5
1.7 Definition of Key Terms ………...6
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ………....7
2.1 Review of the Related Theory ...………7
2.1.1 Definition of Adjective ...………..………7
2.1.2 Function of Adjective ...……….8
2.1.3 Types of Adjective ………...10
2.1.4 Definition of Simple Present Tense ...……….12
2.1.5 The Pattern of Simple Present Tense ……….…….13
2.2 The Concept of Writing ...………...13
2.2.1 Definition of Writing ...………....13
2.2.2 Types of Writing ……….………..…………..14
2.2.3 Teaching Writing ………..………..15
2.3 Descriptive Text ...………...16
2.3.1 Definition of Descriptive Text ...……….16
2.3.2 Kind of Descriptive Text ...…….……….17
2.3.3 Generic Structure of Descriptive Text ...………...….18
2.3.4 Language Features of Descriptive Text …...………...18
2.4 Relevant Study ...……….20
2.5 Conceptual Framework ...………22
2.6 Hypothesis ...………24
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ..………..……...…25
3.1 Research Method and Design ………..25
3.2 Research Setting ………….………..………...25
3.2.1 Time of Research ...………...………..………25
3.2.2 Place of Research ………26
3.3 Population, Sample and Sampling ………….………….…..………..26
3.3.1 Population ...………...26
3.3.2 Sample ……….………27
3.3.3 Sampling ……...………..27
3.4 The Technique of Data Collection ………..28
3.5 Technique of Analyzing Data ...………..28
3.5.1 Normality Test …..………..……...28
3.5.2 Linearity Test …..………28
3.5.3 Hypothetical Test ………29
CHAPTER VI RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION………..30
4.1 Findings ………..30
4.1.1 Data Description .………30
A. Students’ Adjective Mastery……….……30
B. Students’ Simple Present Tense Mastery………..32
C. Students’ Descriptive Text Writing Test……….…….33
4.1.2 Data Description .………35
A. Result of Normality Test ..…………..…………..…..35
B. Result of Linearity Test ………...37
C. Result of Hypothetical Test ……….…38
4.2 Discussion ………….………….…..……….……40
CHAPTER VCONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION …………..…………..44
5.1 Conclusion ……….44
5.2 Suggestion ………….………..………...44
REFERENCES ...………....46
APPENDENCES ...……….………....49
CURRICULUM VITAE ...………….………....73
LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Population of The Research ... 26
Table 4.1 The Result of Multiple Choice About Adjective ... 31
Table 4.2 The Result of Multiple Choice About Simple Present Tense ... 32
Table 4.3 The Result of Descriptive Text Writing Test ... 34
Table 4.4 Normality of Adjective Mastery ... 35
Table 4.5 Normality of Simple Present Tense Mastery ... 36
Table 4.6 Normality of Descriptive Text Mastery ... 36
Table 4.7 Linearity Test ... 37
Table 4.8 Hypothetical Test ... 39
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Research Letter ... 50
Appendix 2 Research Recommendation Letter ... 51
Appendix 3 Research Reply Letter ... 52
Appendix 4 Research Instrument for Adjective Mastery ... 53
Appendix 5 Research Instrument for Simple Present Tense Mastery ... 56
Appendix 6 Research Instrument for Descriptive Text Achievement ... 59
Appendix 7 Scoring of Writing by Tribble ... 60
Appendix 8 Research Sample ... 61
Appendix 9 Student’s Answer of Adjective Multiple Choice ... 62
Appendix 10 Student’s Answer of Simple Present Tense Multiple Choice ... 65
Appendix 11 Student’s Answer of Descriptive Text Test ... 69
Appendix 12 rTable Pearson Correlation ... 71
Appendix 13 Research Documentation ... 72
Appendix 14 Plagiarism Certificate ... 73
