bab iv THE STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE AT ELEVENTH GRADE SMA NEGERI 8 PADANGSIDIMPUAN A THESIS

 

THE STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE AT ELEVENTH GRADE SMA NEGERI 8 PADANGSIDIMPUAN

A THESIS

CHAPTER IV

ANALYSIS OF THE DATA

A.    Description of data

To understand this research easily, it was described based only one variable. There were simple past tense and also was continued to the testing hypothesis. In description of result simple past tense the researcher had given test about active, nominal, and passive sentence as follow:

Score of Students in Active Sentence

No.	Students’ initial	T	F	Score	Total T x S
1	AS	4	5	4	16
2	AW	4	5	4	16
3	ASN	2	8	4	8
4	ARD	2	7	4	8
5	AP	4	5	4	16
6	A	4	5	4	16
7	DG	6	3	4	24
8	E	4	5	4	16
9	F	2	7	4	8
10	IR	4	5	4	16
11	K	6	3	4	24
12	L	7	2	4	28
13	MH	1	8	4	4
14	MHD	4	5	4	16
15	MN	3	6	4	12
16	NIS	3	6	4	12
17	NBS	4	5	4	16
18	NPS	4	5	4	16
19	NSC	0	9	4	0
20	NSH	5	4	4	20
21	RS	4	5	4	16
22	R	4	5	4	16
23	RA	4	5	4	16
24	R	4	5	4	16
25	SPR	3	6	4	12
26	UA	4	5	4	16
27	W	3	6	4	12
28	YLS	1	8	4	4

 

Score of Students in Nominal Sentence

No.	Students’ initial	T	F	Score	Total T x S
1	AS	8	1	4	32
2	AW	6	3	4	24
3	ASN	7	2	4	28
4	ARD	8	1	4	32
5	AP	9	0	4	36
6	A	8	1	4	32
7	DG	8	1	4	32
8	E	9	0	4	36
9	F	9	0	4	36
10	IR	9	0	4	36
11	K	5	4	4	20
12	L	9	0	4	36
13	MH	9	0	4	36
14	MHD	9	0	4	36
15	MN	9	0	4	36
16	NIS	9	0	4	36
17	NBS	7	2	4	28
18	NPS	9	0	4	36
19	NSC	6	3	4	24
20	NSH	9	0	4	36
21	RS	8	1	4	32
22	R	9	0	4	36
23	RA	9	0	4	36
24	R	8	1	4	32
25	SPR	7	2	4	28
26	UA	9	0	4	36
27	W	8	1	4	32
28	YLS	9	0	4	36

 

Score of Students in Passive Sentence

No.	Students’ initial	T	F	Score	Total T x S
1	AS	2	5	4	8
2	AW	3	4	4	12
3	ASN	0	7	4	0
4	ARD	2	5	4	8
5	AP	3	4	4	12
6	A	3	4	4	12
7	DG	5	2	4	20
8	E	3	4	4	12
9	F	5	2	4	20
10	IR	1	6	4	4
11	K	3	4	4	12
12	L	3	4	4	12
13	MH	4	3	4	16
14	MHD	2	5	4	8
15	MN	1	6	4	4
16	NIS	4	3	4	16
17	NBS	3	4	4	12
18	NPS	4	3	4	16
19	NSC	4	3	4	16
20	NSH	2	5	4	8
21	RS	2	5	4	8
22	R	2	5	4	8
23	RA	2	5	4	8
24	R	3	4	4	12
25	SPR	3	4	4	12
26	UA	4	3	4	16
27	W	3	4	4	12
28	YLS	4	3	4	4

 

. The researcher used the instrument to collect the data. It is the essay test about simple past tense and consists of 25 items.

The researcher had given test about simple past tense to 28 students. From the 28 students, score 76 were 2 students, score 68 were 2 students, score 64 were 6 students, score 60 were 6 students, score 56 were 5 students, score 52 were 4 students, score 48 was 1 student, score 36 were 2 students. See appendix 5. Percentage of students in active, passive and nominal see appendix 6.

The test score become the data that was needed to test hypothesis, the data are tabulated as follow:

Table V

The Resume of Variable Score of Simple Past Tense

No.	Statistic	Variable
1	High score	76
2	Low score	36
3	Mean score	58.75
4	Median	61.19
5	Modus	51.39

 

From the table above, it was known the high score of variable of simple past tense had been searched by 28 students based on the total of sample research were high score 76 and low 36, mean score 58.75, median 61.96, and modus 65.39. See appendix 7.

Based on the calculation mean score above 58.75. So, the students’ ability in simple past tense mastery was enough mastery. It is can be known from table interpretation mean score in chapter III. To know relevance of the data was done to group the variable scores of simple past tense which interval 7.

Table VI

Frequency distribution of simple past tense

Interval class	Frequency absolute	Frequency relative
36-42 43-49 50-56 57-63 64-70 71-77	2 1 9 6 8 2	7.1% 3.6% 32.1% 21.4% 28.6% 7.1%
i = 7	28	100%

 

From the table frequency distribution above shown that the students, score there were class interval between 36-42 were 2 students (7.1%), class interval 43-49 was 1 student (3.6%), class interval 50-56 were 9 students (32.1%), class interval 57-63 were 6 students (21.4%), class interval 64-70 were 8 students (28.6%), class interval 71-77 were 2 students (7.1%).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on the table, it can be drawn at histogram as below:

Frequency 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0         36-42   43-49   50-56   57-63   64-70   71-77

 

Figure 1: The histogram of The Students’ mastery in simple past tense

    at  eleventh  grade SMA Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan.

From the diagram above, the highest score was class interval between 50-56 in the ninth frequency and lowest score was class interval between 43-49 in the one frequency.

B.     Hypothesis testing

The hypothesis of research was The Students’ Mastery in Simple Past Tense at Eleventh Grade SMA Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan is enough Mastery. Based on the data collected, the data has been analyzed to prove hypothesis by using formula of Z-test. It can be seen Z_count = 1.684 > Z_table = 0.1736 by level of significance 0.05. So, from the result above the researcher concludes that the hypothesis accepted. See appendix 8.

So, the students’ mastery in simple past tense at eleventh grade SMA Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan are enough mastery.

C.    Discussion

The result of this research which the tittle “The Students’ Mastery in Simple Past Tense at Eleventh Grade SMA Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan” can categorized into enough mastery (58.75). This category between with the researcher before that had been researched the first by  Nurzannah Ritonga had done research is State Institute of Islamic Studies (STAIN) Padangsidimpuan with the title “An Analysis on the Students’ Ability in Writing Sentences in Simple Past Tense at Grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Padang Bolak 2014/ 2015”. After analyzing the data, she was gotten that the an analysis on the students’ ability in writing sentence in simple past tense at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Padang Bolak can be categorized enough. It can be known from the calculating was 59. 46%.[1]

Thus, Siti Maisaroh had done research is Faculty of Tarbiyah Teachers’ Training ‘Syarif Hidayatullah’ State Islamic University Jakarta with the title “Analysis of The Students’ Ability in Using The Simple past tense at the Second Grade SMP Negeri 3 South Tangerang 2013/ 2014”. She was gotten can be categorized enough. It can be know from the calculating was 52. 09%.[2]

The next researcher, Ovalina had done research is Faculty of Tarbiyah Teachers’ Training ‘Syarif Hidayatullah’ State Islamic University Jakarta with the title “Improving Students’ Ability in Using the Simple Past Tense Through Contextual Teaching Learning at 8^th Grade Students of SMP Negeri 17 Tangerang selatan 2010/ 2011” is good. It can be known from calculating was 71. 79%.[3]

D.    The threats of the research

In this research, the researcher believed that there were many threats of the researcher. It started from the titled until the technique of analyzing data. So, the researcher knew that it was so far from excellence thesis.

On doing the test, there were the threats of time, because the students had activities. Then, time that given by researcher to students not enough. The students’ did not do seriously. So, the researcher looked the answer directly without care about it.

The researcher was aware all the things would want to be searched but to get the excellence result from the research were more difficult become there were threats the writer, the researcher the helping from the entire advisers, headmaster and English teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1] Nurzannah Ritonga, analysis on the students’ ability in writing sentences in simple past tense at grade VIII SMP Negeri 1 Padang Bolak, (unpublished Thesis), (Padangsidimpuan: STAIN Padangsidimpuan, 2014), p. 44. 

[2] Siti Maisaroh, Analysis of the students’ ability in using the simple past tense at the second grade SMP Negeri 3 shouth Tangerang, (phublished Thesis), (Jakarta: UIN Jakarta, 2013), p. 56. 

[3] Ovalina, Improving students’ ability in using the simple past tense through contextual teaching learning at 8th grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Tangerang selatan, (published), (Jakarta: UIN Jakarta, 2010), p. 52.