AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND POSSESSIVE IN SIMPLE SENTENCE AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 31 PADANG

Abstrak

The purpose of this research was to describe the second year students’ability of SMP Negeri 31 Padang to understand possessive in simple sentence. The population was the second grade students of SMPN 31 Padang. The number of the population was 234 students. They were divided into eight classes. The sample of this research was VIII.1, the sample was 30 students. The researcher used claster random sampling technique to get representative sample. The instrumentation was the form of multiple choice. The researcher used split-half method to know the reliability of test. The result of the test was reliable. The result of analyzing data the data showed that the ability of the second year students of SMP Negeri 31 Padang to understand possessive in simple sentence was moderate. It could be seen 66.6 % students had moderate ability, 16.7 % students had high ability, 16.7 % students had low ability. In specific, the percentage of each possessives were; 63.3 % had moderate ability in possessive adjective, 66.7 % had moderate ability in possessive pronoun, and 46.6 % had moderate ability in possessive noun. The conclusion, the researcher suggests to the teacher’s to review the material about possessives, ask the students to do more exercises, and gives some reward to the students in order that they have motivation to do exercises. To the students, the researcher suggests to learn and more attention in studying about possessives, and do more exercises about possessives. To the next researcher, the researcher suggest to used this thesis as a reference to make their thesis perfectly.

Key words: Analysis, Possessive, Students’ Ability