ESTD PERPUSTAKAAN UNTAD
ESTD PERPUSTAKAAN UNTAD
| JudulKORELASI ANTARA PENGUASAAN TATA BAHASA DAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS MAHASISWA SEMESTER 4 PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNIVERSITAS TADULAKO |
| Nama: MUHAMAD RANDY |
| Tahun: 2023 |
| Abstrak The objective of this research is to find out correlation between grammar mastery and writing skill. The researcher applied correlational research design. There were two variables in this research, they are grammar mastery as variable X and writing skill as Variable Y. The researcher took the 4th semester students as the population as well as the sample of this research. In selecting the sample, the researcher used random sampling technique. 3 students from each class were taken randomly as the sample of this research. Total sample were 18 students. In conducting this research, the researcher used two tests. The tests were grammar and writing test. Grammar test was used to measure students’ competence on simple past tense. The test consists of 20 numbers of multiple-choice test. The test had purpose to collect data of students’ grammar mastery. In writing test, the students chose one from three topics that are provided on the test’s instruction. The students wrote text in the form of recount text. The data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The result shows that the correlation coefficient between students’ grammar mastery and writing skill is 0.630. The result is categorized substantial or high. It indicates that there is positive correlation between grammar mastery and writing skill of 4th semester students of English Education Study Program of Tadulako University. It means that the students who have good grammar mastery also have good writing skill and the students who have lack grammar mastery also have poor writing skill because grammar is one important aspect that influence students’ writing skill. The implementation of this finding to the teaching of writing skill is that the lecturers must find the way to integrate the teaching of writing skill with grammar. |