The correlation between simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text at the viii grade students of SMPN 4 Padangsidimpuan

Maisaroh, Maisaroh (2025) The correlation between simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text at the viii grade students of SMPN 4 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This study discussed about the correlation between simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text. The problems of this study are that the students has limited understanding of English grammar, vocabulary, and the differences between spoken and written English. The purposes of this study are to describe the students' simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text, and to examine whether there is a correlation between simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text. This correlational research involved eighth-grade students at SMP N 4 Padangsidimpuan. The sample for this study consisted of 25 students. The data were collected by using a multiple-choice test on the simple present tense and an essay test on writing descriptive text. The data were analyzed statistically using the product-moment formula technique in SPSS v.31. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that the mean score of variable X is 78.68 and the mean score of variable Y is 73.26. Furthermore, the rxy score is higher than the rtable (0.514 > 0.396). After calculating the t-test, the researcher found the result of this research that the t-count is 2.88, while the t-table is 2.069, meaning the t-count is greater than the t-table (2.88 > 2.069). It means hypothesis is accepted. It can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text at the VIII grade students of SMPN 4 Padangsidimpuan.

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