The Correlation between Students’ Mastery in Simple Past Tense and Their Ability in Writing Recount Text at The Tenth Class of SMAN 6 Kendari

Abstract

This research aimed to find out: 1) The students’ mastery score in simple past tense at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari, 2) The students’ ability score in writing recount text at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari, 3) Whether or not there is any correlation between students' mastery in simple past tense and their ability in writing recount text at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari. The sample was taken from the population by purposive sampling consists of 27 students. Furthermore, the instrument used for collecting the data by giving simple past tense test and writing recount text test to the students. Then, the students' mastery score in simple past tense at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari was classified as “good” with score 67.21 and the students' ability score in writing recount text at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari was classified as “very good” with score 81.68. Besides that, students’ mastery in simple past tense and their ability in writing recount text were positively correlated. The correlation coefficient between the two variables was r = 0.636. It demonstrated how strongly the two variables were correlated. The researcher found that N. Sig = 0.000, where significance < 0.05 indicated that H₀ was rejected and H₁ was accepted. From the statement above it can be concluded there is any correlation between students' mastery in simple past tense and their ability in writing recount text at the tenth class of SMAN 6 Kendari.