CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OFCOHESIVE DEVICES AND WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 KARANGANYAR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017
| Main Authors: | Anies, Prastyaningsih, Zainal, Arifin, S.Pd., M.Pd. |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2017
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/1250/1/full%20text.pdf http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/1250/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACT Prastyaningsih, Anies. 2017. Correlation between Studetns’ Mastery of Cohesive Devices and Writing Ability in Descriptive Text at Eleventh Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Karanganyar in Academic Year of 2016/2017. Thesis. English Education Department Study Program, Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty of The State Islamic Institute of Surakarta. Advisor : Zainal Arifin, S.Pd., M.Pd Keywords : Cohesion, Cohesive Device Mastery, Writing Skill, Descriptive text The objective of this study is to find out the correlation between students mastery of cohesive device and writing ability at the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Karanganyar. The study used correlational method with quantitative approach. The population was all of the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Karanganyar in academic year of 2016/2017. The sample of this study was two classes consisting 75 students. The sample was taken by using proportional random sampling. In collecting data, the research used tests; an objective test for cohesive device mastery and an essay test for writing ability in descriptive text. The techniques which were used for analyzing the data were simple regression, significant, and correlation. The result of analyzing data show that there is positive and significant correlation between students’ mastery of cohesive device and writing ability (rvalue= 0.934). The significance result of the test is 0.00, it means lower than 0.05. So, the correlation is significant. Meanwhile, the R (Coefficient Determiner) is 0.871. It means that 87.1% variance of writing is contributed by cohesive device and 12.9 % variance of writing is contributed by the other factors.