AN ANALYSIS OF THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK PEMDES UJUNG BATU ROHUL RIAU TO USE PREPOSITIONS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

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ABSTRACT

This research was aimed to describe the ability of the first year students of SMK Pemdes Ujung Batu Rohul Riau to use prepositions in writing descriptive paragraph”. The purpose of this research was to describe the ability of the first year students of SMK Pemdes Ujung Batu Rohul Riau to use prepositions of place and prepositions of direction in writing descriptive paragraph. In this research, the population was the first year students of SMK Pemdes Ujung Batu Rohul Riau. The writer used proportional stratified random sampling technique to get representative sample.The instrumentation used to get the data was writing descriptive paragraph test. Before the writer gave writing test to the sample, it was tried out in advanced. To know the reliability of the test, the writer used Pearson Product Moment Formula. It was found that the reliability of the test was 0.99; and it was categorized as very high correlation.It means that the test was reliable.The result of this study showed that the first year students ability at SMK Pemdes Ujung Batu Rohul Riau to use prepositions in writing descriptive paragraph was moderate. It proved that there were 32 students (69.75%) who had moderate ability.The conclusions, the teachers are suggest to use media that show the useof prepositions. To the students, the writer suggests to understand the use of prepositions so that they can write a paragraph by using prepositions.

Key words : analysis, ability, prepositions , writing, descriptive paragraph