the students’ mastery in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb
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The Students’ Mastery in Using ‘To Be’ and ‘Auxiliary Verb’ inSimple Past Tense Sentences of The First Grade at
SMANegeri1 Kutowinangun in The Academic Year Of 2016/2017
Abstract
The aims of this research are (1) to describe students’ mastery level in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences of the first grade of SMANegeri 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year of 2016/2017. (2) to identify students’ difficulties in mastering to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences of the first grade of SMANegeri 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year of 2016/2017. This is a quantitative descriptive. This thesis explains about the usage of to be and auxiliary verb on first grade of SMANegeri 1 Kutowinangun. In collecting data, the researchers prepared the research instrument, giving the test to the students, collected the students’ worksheet, analyzing the data, the researcher made the percentage of correct and wrong answer for to be and auxiliary verb. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Kutowinangun on Thursday April 20th 2017. The samples of this research are 66 students which have chosen by random sampling. The researcher took two classes, X MIA 1 and X MIA 4 as the subject of this research. The result shows that the students can not differentiate between to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences and to get the solution the students should give more attention about to be and auxiliary verb. The mean score of the students’ mastery level of using to be and auxiliary verb is 65.88. Based on the table achievement it is on the range 56-65 which is categorized as fair. Then the mean score of the students’ mastery level of using to be is 71.36, based on the table achievement it is on the range of 66-79 which is categorized as good. The mean score of the students’ mastery level of using auxiliary verb is 64.77, based on the table achievement it is on the range 56-65 which is categorized as fair. And based on the result of interview, the researcher found some of the students difficulties in mastery to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences, those difficulties are confused about the subject (singular and plural), confused about the verb whether irregular or regular verb, confused to differentiate to be and auxiliary, do not know the structure and meaning.
Keywords: Tenses, To Be, Auxiliary Verb, Sentence
IntroductionEnglish is one of the most important subject to graduate from senior high
school. Unfortunately, many students think and feel that studying English is very difficult.
One of factors that make students difficult to study English is they are difficult to understanding about grammar. As we know that grammar is one of
the most important things to master English, because grammar is used for listening, speaking and writing
Some students are still confuse about past tense, especially in mastering to be and auxiliary verb in past sentences. Based on the writer observation at SMANegeri 1 Kutowinangun, especially at the first grade students, there are still many error made by students in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences. They should master them well because this kind of pattern often appears in daily communication and examination. The levels of students’ mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences have not measured yet, so this is important to measure it.
This research tries to describe the students’ level and difficulties that faced by students’ in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences. Because the students’ of SMA Negeri 1 Kutowinangun still made some error and have some difficulties in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences.Method
This research can be categorized as a quantitative descriptive research, because the researcher describe the students’ mastery level and the students’ difficulties in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentences. The research will be held in SMA Negeri 1 Kutowinangun. This research is conducted to know the students mastery level in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentences and the students’ difficulties in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentences. The research will be done for 4 months from March to June 2017.
The population in this research is the first grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kutowinangun. Consisting 9 clases, and the students’ total number is 354 students. In this research, the researcher takes 66 students as sample by random sampling. The sample taken from two classes, those are X MIA 1 class with 32 students and X MIA 4 class with 34 students.
The researchers used test as the instrument to collect the data which consist of 25 questions. The steps of collecting the data are preparing instrument, giving the test, and giving score to the students’ worksheet, with 4 point for each correct number. And then the researcher interviewing some sample to know the students difficulties in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentences. To analyze the data, the researchers use quantitative descriptive and make transcription from the interview results.
Findings and DiscussionsThis study presents the research findings and discusses the research study
analyze how the students’ mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences.
Research Finding1. Data description
The data was taken from the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kutowinangun, from class X MIA 1 and X MIA 4 which is total consist of 66 students. The researchers gave test with 25 question and interview with
10 students. The score from the test is between 0-100. The minimal score is 0 and the maximal score is 100.
Table 1The classification of the students’ mastery
No Percentage Category1. 80-100 Very good2. 66-79 Good3. 56-65 Fair4. 40-55 Poor5. 0-39 Very poor
Based on the table above we can see that the students who get score less than 39 is categorized have very poor level. The students who get score 40-55 can be categorized have poor level. The students who get score 56-55 can be categorized have fair level. The students who get score 66-79 can be categorized have good level. And the students who get score 80-100 can be categorized have very good level. Based on the score category above the mean score of the students mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb is 65.88, they can be categorized in “fair” level, because almost a half students get score more than the mean. The researcher also interprets every score of the students based on category by Arikunto, it can be seen in table below:
Table 2Students’mastery In Using ‘to be’ and ‘Auxiliary verb’
Precentage Level
Criteria Of Ability Level
To be and Auxilairy
Precentage
80-100 very good 12 18.18%66-79 Good 21 31.81%56-65 Fair 18 27.27%40-55 Poor 13 19.69%0-39 very poor 2 3.03%
Based on the table above there are: 2 students or 3.03% have very poor mastery level, 13 students or 18.18% have poor mastery level, 18 students or 27.27% have fair mastery level, 21 students or 31.81% have good mastery level, and 12 students or 18.18% have very good mastery level. From the data above we can conclude that most of students categorized have fair mastery level. The complete resume of each mastery level can be seen in the chart below.
Chart 1Degree of the students’ mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb
Because the mean is 65.88 we can say that, the average of mastery level of the students is categorized “fair”.
The students mastery level in using ‘to be’ There are 17 questions that contain to be. They are number 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,12,13,14,16,17,19,21,23,24,25. The following table shows the result of the students’ mastery level in using ‘to be’.
Table 3The students’ percentage level in using ‘to be’
Percentage level
Criteria of ability level
To be Percentage
80-10 Very good 18 27.27%66-79 Good 23 34.85%56-65 Fair 15 22.73%40-55 Poor 8 12.12%0-39 Very poor 2 3.03%
Based on the table above there are 18 students or 27.27% have very good mastery level, 23 students or 34.85% have good mastery level, 15 students or 22.73% have fair mastery level, 8 students 12.12 % have poor mastery level and 2 students or 3.03% have very poor mastery level.
Chart 2Chart students’ mastery in using ‘to be’
Because the mean score is 71.36 we can say that the average mastery level of students in using ‘to be’ is categorized “good”.
2. The students’ mastery level in using ‘auxiliary verb’There are 8 questions that contain auxiliary verb, they are
7,9,10,11,15,18,20,22. The following table shows the percentage students mastery level in using ‘auxiliary verb’.
Table 4The students’ percentage level in using ‘auxiliary verb’
Percentage level
Criteria of ability level
To be Percentage
80-10 Very good 26 39.39%66-79 Good 17 25.76%56-65 Fair 8 12.12%40-55 Poor 13 19.70%0-39 Very poor 12 18.18%
Based on the table above we can there are 26 students or 39.39% have very good mastery level, 17 students or 25.76% have good mastery level, 8 students or 12.12% have fair mastery level, 13 students or 19.70% have poor mastery level and 12 students or 18.18% have very poor mastery level.
Chart 3Chart students’ mastery in using ‘auxiliary verb’
Because the mean score is 64.77 we can say that the students’ mastery level in using auxiliary verb is categorized “fair”.
Table Result of the computation
Name of the computation Result Mean (average) 65.88Standard deviation (SD) 9.34Modus 76Median 64Range 60Highest score 92Lowest score 32
The researchers conclude that the students mastery in using to be and auxiliaryverb in simple past tense sentences is categorized “fair”, it shown by mean of the data is 65.88 and the standard deviation is 9.39.
Interpretation and discussion
1. Interpretationa. The test
1) 18.18% students are classified into very good category,2) 31.18% students are classified into good category,3) 27.27% students are classified into fair category,4) 19.60% students are classified into poor category,5) 3.03% students are classified into very poor category,
The highest score of the students’ mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences is 92, and the lowest score is 32. The mean of the
students’ mastery in using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences is 65.88.
b. The interview The researcher used the interview method besides testing the students.
The reason why the researcher took interview as the research instrument is to dig more information about the students’ difficulties in mastery using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences. The interview was in Bahasa, so that the students could understand the questions and answer it easily. From the interview the researcher found seven points of the students’ difficulties in mastery simple past tense. Those points as follow:1) Confuse about the subject (singular and plural)2. Confuse about the verb whether irregular verb or irregular verb (changing the verb into past form)2) Confuse about to be, which to be should be used3) Confuse to differentiate to be and auxiliary verb4) Do not know about the structure5) Do not understand the meaning
Conclusion
Based on the result of the research, there are some conclusions which can be drawn. First, the students’ mastery level in using ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’in simple past tense sentence is 65.88 and can categorized as fair. Second, The students’ mastery level in using ‘to be’ in simple past tense sentence is 71.36 and can be categorized as good. Third, The students’ mastery level in using ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentence is 64.77 and can be categorized as fair. Then based on the interview result, the researcher conclude that there are some students’ difficulties in mastery ‘to be’ and ‘auxiliary verb’ in simple past tense sentences such as confuse to differentiate to be and auxiliary verb and do not know the structure. This means some students can using to be and auxiliary verb is simple past tense sentences correctly and the other cannot using to be and auxiliary verb in simple past tense sentences correctly, because they have some difficulties in mastering it.
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