The correlation between simple past tense and writing recount text mastery at the Eighth-Grade Students of SMP N 2 Padangsidimpuan

Sahbila, Sahbila (2025) The correlation between simple past tense and writing recount text mastery at the Eighth-Grade Students of SMP N 2 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This study discusses the correlation between mastery of simple present tense and mastery of writing recount texts in eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Padangsidimpuan. The problem in this study is that many students have difficulty in writing recount texts correctly due to limited mastery of grammar, especially in using past tense verbs (verb 2), negative and interrogative sentence structures, and the use of time markers (time expressions). This study aims to determine the simple past tense and mastery of writing recount texts, as well as to determine the relationship between mastery of simple past tense and mastery of writing recount texts. This study is a correlational study with the population being eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Padangsidimpuan. The sample of this study was 23 students. The researcher used a multiple-choice test for simple past tense and an essay test for writing recount texts as data collection instruments. The data were analyzed statistically using the product moment formula technique through SPSS. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between mastery of simple past tense and mastery of writing recount texts in eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Padangsidimpuan in the high correlation category.

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