An analysis on the students’ ability in writing sentences in simple past tense at grade VIII SMP Negeri I Padangbolak

Ritonga, Nurzanna (2014) An analysis on the students’ ability in writing sentences in simple past tense at grade VIII SMP Negeri I Padangbolak. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

There search discuss about an analysis on the students’ ability in writing sentences in simple past tense at SMP Negeri I Padangbolak.The students have difficulties in writing sentences in past tense. They don’t understand about sentences structure and grammar ortenses and how to arrange the good sentence. What is the ability of the students in writing sentences in past tense? and what are the difficulties of the students in writing sentences in past tense? To know the ability of students in writing sentences in past tense and to know the difficulties in writing sentences in past tense at grade VIII SMP Negeri I Padangbolak. The method of the research was conducted by qualitative approach and descriptive analysis. The participant of the data, there were 30 students of analytical unit from 120 students at VIII (1) class of SMP Negeri I Padangbolak as primary source of the data and the English teacher and Headmaster as secondary source of data. Collecting data, the research was done the instrument of the research such as test and interview for the students and the English teacher about ability in writing sentences in past tense and about the location of SMP Negeri I Padangbolak to the Headmaster. Then observation to know about the location of SMP Negeri I Padangbolak and the teaching and learning process. The result of the research,showed that students’ ability in writing sentences in past tense was enough category 59.46% (see appendix IV).The students’ difficulties were using simple past tense, they lack to memorize vocabulary regular and irregular of past tense,structure and grammar in in active and nominal and positive, negative and interrogative in past tense,andconstructed the sentences.The English teacher ordered the students to memorize the vocabularies and brought the dictionary,she explained the ways to construct the sentences with using past tense and then repeat the lesson and gave examples. Therefore,the English teachergave the exercises to the students in writing sentences especially in past tense. Finally, the ability of students at grade VIII of SMP Negeri I Padangbolak in writing sentences in past tense still found difficulties especially in writing sentences in past tense.

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