8/10/2019 4_BarliTambunan

1/6

VISI (2011) 19 (2) 533-538

A Correlation Between Students Mastery of Past Tense

and Their Achievement in Writing Recount

(The Case of the C ! Students of "PP#A Medan in $%&%'

Barli Andrian Tambunan

ABSTRA)

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat apakah terdapat korelasiantara penuasaan past tense sis!a denan pen"apaian penulisan narati#$ %ntukmen"apai tujuan penelitian ini& peneliti melakukan #ield resear"h denan su'jek

sis!a sis!a * +,,I .edan& denan jumlah 38 sis!a& karena penelitian iniadalah penelitian korelasional maka data se"ara statistik dihitun menunakan,earson ,rodu"t .oment "orrelation$ /ilai r-hitun adalah 0$32& dan nilai r-ta'el untuk t!o-tailed test denan 5 and d# 3 adalah 0$24& sehina

dapat disimpulkan terdapat korelasi positi# dan sini#ikan antara penuasaan pasttense sis!a denan pen"apaian penulisan narati# pada sis!a sis!a * +,,I.edan tahun 2010$---------------ata un"i6 Studi korelasi& penuasaan past tense& pen"apaian penulisan narati#

A Bac*ground

Globalization brings a lot of consequences, as the world is getting moreand more open and peoples needs increase, peoples interacting with other people

from different countries is inevitable. Moreover, the developments of economy as

well as that of science and technology force people to cooperate and get alongwith one another.Meanwhile, in interacting with others, people have to communicate; and

in doing so, they need a medium. It is generally admitted that language is a meansof communication. It is through language that we are able to interact with others inour world !erewian"a, #$$%&. 'hrough language, people can e(press their ideas,wishes, thought, and desires. Most activities involving more than one person

require a language. )anguage, therefore, plays a significant role in our life.*eople coming from different countries with different conditions, cultures

and bac"grounds meet and spea" different languages. +hen they have to

communicate and cooperate, they are confronted with a problem; they do notunderstand each other. 'hey, therefore, have to master a certain language withwhich they can understand each other. In this case, they have to master an

international language. nglish is one of the international languages that is widelyused in the world.

-ealizing the growing demand of nglish as an international means ofcommunication, it is reasonable that our government places nglish as a crucial

subect in our education system. *roects have been conducted in order to improvenglish teaching and learning in Indonesia; one of which is by revising the

/#

0000000000000I112 %3456%/%5

8/10/2019 4_BarliTambunan

2/6

VISI (2011) 19 (2) 533-538

nglish curriculum. 'he nglish curriculum is developed on the basis of a certaincompetence, that is communication

)inguistic competence refers to the ability to use structure7grammar,vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, punctuation, etc. 8onsidering the

importance of grammar in a te(t construction, the writer wants to conduct aninvestigation on the correlation between students mastery of grammar, in thiscase, the past tense, and their achievement in writing recount.

B Statement of the Pro+lem

In order to ma"e a systematic approach to solve the problem, the statementof the problem is further developed into the following question9 :Is there asignificant correlation between students mastery of *ast 'ense and their

achievement in writing recount. .akin Sense o# Cun"tional Drammar. 1idney9=ntipodean ducational nterprises.

@idayah, 'ias vi. /%%A. orrelation Eet!een StudentsA .aster< F# ,ast Tensend Their "hie7ement In ritin Ge"ount (The ase o# the le7enth +ear

Students o# S. I eleri in the "ademi" +ear o# 200H2004). Final*roect, nglish department )anguage and =rt Faculty 1tate Jniversity of

1emarang.

/E

0000000000000I112 %3456%/%5