THE CONTRIBUTION OF GRAMMAR MASTERY TOWARDS STUDENTS WRITING THESIS PROPOSAL AT STKIP YDB LUBUK ALUNG

ABSTRACTThe aim of the research is to analyze the effects of grammar mastery towards students’ writing thesis proposal atSTKIP YDB LubukAlung. The research applied correlational research; the population of this research was the sixth semester students in academic year 2017/2018. The samples of this research were 32 students chosen by using total sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic through SPSS 22.0 version. The research result showed there was correlation between Grammar mastery and Writing Thesis Proposal of English Language Education Program. It showed that the value of Fcount= 0.837was greater than Ftable= 0.349 (Fcount>Ftable), or p= 0.000 was lower than α= 0.05 (p