AN ANALYSIS OF TENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE I AT SMKN 10 PADANG
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ABSTRACT This study analyzes the ability of tenth-grade students at SMKN 10 Padang to write conditional sentence type I. The sample consisted of 34 students selected through proportional stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a writing sentence test with 24 conditional sentence type I in positive, negative, and interrogative forms, which is constructed based on syllabus and teaching materials of SMKN 10 Padang and it has very high reliability (0.93). Results showed that in general, (29.41%) students had low ability in writing conditional sentence type I. In details, 15 students (44,12%) had very good ability in writing conditional sentence type I in positive form, 12 students (35,29%) had low ability in writing conditional sentence type I in negative form, 13 students (38,24%) had low ability in writing conditional sentence type I in interrogative form. It is recommended that teachers provide more exercises in writing conditional sentence type I especially in negative and interrogative form, the students are suggested to do more practice in writing conditional sentence type I especially in negative and interrogative form, and future researchers are suggested to explore other types of conditional sentences for comparison. Key Words: Writing Ability, Conditional Sentence Type IReferensi
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