THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE MASTERY AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMPN 3 BATANG ANAI KAB. PADANG PARIAMAN
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Abstract
This research aimed at correlating the second year students’ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing a descriptive text at SMPN 3 Batang Anai Kab. Padang Pariaman. The design of this research was correlational in nature. The population of this research was the second year students at SMPN 3 Batang Anai Kab. Padang Pariaman. The total population was 281 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique to take sample. The sample in this research was 32 students. Based on the result of this research, it was found that the correlation between the second year students’ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing a descriptive text at SMPN 3 Batang Anai Kab. Padang Pariaman was significant. It was proved by the fact that the value of rcalculated was .76 and the value of rtable was .35. It means that rcalculated was higher than rtable. Based on findings that have already been discussed previously, it could be concluded that the alternative hypothesis was accepted.
Key words: Correlational, Grammar, Simple Present Tense, Writing, Descriptive Text.
