A descriptive study on students’ability In using simple present tense in Writing paragraph at MTs S Roudhotul Jannah Pasar Matanggor school year 2012/2013

Kholidaziah, Anna (2014) A descriptive study on students’ability In using simple present tense in Writing paragraph at MTs S Roudhotul Jannah Pasar Matanggor school year 2012/2013. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research was taken based on fact of the students’problem in using simple present tense in writing paragraph. The researcher identified many problems such as difficult to mastery of tense, lack of mastering formula of tenses, lack of mastering simple present tense, lack of vocabulary, interest, and support. In this research, the researcher wanted to find out about the students’ present tense ability in writing paragraph, the difficulties of students in using present tense in writing paragraph and the efforts of the English teacher in overcoming the students’difficulties in using simple present tense in writing paragraph. The sources of the research were 25 students at grade VIII MTs S Roudhotul Jannah Pasar Matanggor. The instrument for collecting data the researcher used the test for frimary data and used interview and observation for secondary data. The researcher analyzed the result of the test with mean score, and took the concluding of the research with descriptive. So, in this research the researcher uses descriptive method. In this occasion, mean scores of students’ present tense ability in writing paragraph = 43% can be categorized into enough category. Based on the result of this research, there were some difficulties of students in using simple present tense in writing paragraph they were the students was unable to write the paragraph because they felt difficult in grammar namely to use the tense simple present tense and the function of tenses. And the English teacher’efforts in overcoming the students' they were the English teachers had taught the tense to students before giving the matery about writing paragraph. And the English teacher asked the students to make some examples and write it on the blackboard.

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