AN ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY IN USING QUANTIFIER IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to describe the second year students’ writing ability in using quantifier at Bung Hatta University.The population of this research was the second year students at Bung Hatta University. The total number of population of this research was 49 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique and class A had been chosen to be the sampe of this reseaarch.The instrument of this research was writing test. To know the reliability of the test, the researcher used inter-rater technique. The test was reliable because the value of r-calculated was .99. Based on the result of analyzing data, it was found that 84% of students got moderate ability in using quantifiers. It was supported by the fact that 84% of students got moderate ability. The second year students’ writing ability in using quantifier for countable noun was moderate. It was supported by the fact that 80% of students got moderate ability. The second year students’ writing ability in using quantifier for uncountable noun was moderate. It was supported by the fact that 44% of students got moderate ability. The researcher concluded that the second year students’ writing ability in using quantifiers was moderate.The researcher suggests the lecturer is expected to review the material given and they should give more exercises which focuse to write simple sentence in using quantifier. To improve the students’ writing ability in using quantifiers, the researcher suggests the students to do more practices in writing by using quantifier and they should use components of writing.
Key word: quantifier, countable, uncountable, simple sentence, writing