Husni, Andriansyah and Nana Raihana, Askurny and Dewi, Murni (2020) The Correlation Between Students 'Mastery of Past Tense and Their Ability in Writing Narrative Text at Tenth Grade Students' of SMAN 1 Lingga Utara. S1 thesis, Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine whether there is a correlation between students' mastery of past tense (X) and their ability in writing narrative text (Y) in class X IPA students at SMAN 1 Lingga Utara. The population in this research were all students of class X IPA in the academic year 2019/2020, which consisted of 37 students, and the sample taken was 18 students from class X IPA 1 by using cluster random sampling technique. The method used in this research is a quantitative method with a correlational approach. The data obtained were analyzed using the Pearson product moment correlation method and the instruments used were the past tense mastery test in the form of multiple choices and the writing test to measure the students' ability to write narrative text. The results of the study indicate that there is a correlation, with the correlation coefficient index of 0.90 which means there is a correlation at a high level (high). In addition, testing the hypothesis shows the correlation value coefficient index of 0.90 is higher than the correlation value coefficient index of the product moment table (rtable) of 0.47, which means that the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. . Based on the results of the research described above, the researcher assumed that the better the students’ mastery of past tense, the better the students’ skills in writing narrative text. Therefore, the researcher suggests the English teacher to increase students’ interest in learning tenses because it can improve students' writing skills.

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