AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE HAVING COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AT SMP KARTIKA 1-6 PADANG
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Abstract
This research attempted to describe the ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns of the first grade students at SMP Kartika Padang. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was the first grade students at SMP Kartika 1-6 Padang. The total number of population members was 128 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling to select the sample, and class VII.1 had been chosen to be the sample of this research. The researcher used writing sentence test to collect the data. Based on the result of data analysis, it was indicated that the first grade students’ ability in writing simple sentence having countable nouns and uncountable nouns at SMP Kartika 1-6 Padang was low. It was proved that (80%) students had low ability (see Appendix 10). In detail, the result of data analysis also showed that 70% students had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having singular countable nouns (see Appendix 12), 60% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having singular countable nouns (see Appendix 14), 63% had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having plural countable nouns, 57% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having plural countable noun (see Appendix 16), 80% students had low ability in writing verbal simple sentence having uncountable nouns (see Appendix 20), 97% students had low ability in writing nominal simple sentence having uncountable nouns (see Appendix 22). Based on the findings, the researcher hoped the result of this research will give contribution of knowledge to English teachers, the students and further researcher.
Key Words: Writing, Simple Sentence, Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns.