THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PAST TENSE MASTERY AND RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 6 PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]

This research investigated the correlation between past tense mastery and recount writing achievement, and investigated the influence of past tense mastery on recount writing achievement of students’ SMA Muhammadiyah 6 Palembang in academic year 2017/2018. The research was a quantitative research. The total of population in this study were 120 students’ of eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 6 Palembang. 50 students’ were chosen as the sample by using convenience sampling technique. Two tests were used to collect the data. In the form of grammar test and writing test. The type of grammar test was multiple choice and writing test was essay test which asked students’ to make sentences into a paragraph. After the tests were given to the students’, the score from both of instruments were analyzed. Descriptive stastistic, Pearson product moment correlation and regression anlaysis were employed to analyze the data. Based on the result of the data, it was found that (r=393, p=005). In addition, the linier regression analysis showed that students’ past tense mastery contributed 15,5 % to their recount writing achievement. The final result of this study indicated that there was significant a correlation between past tense mastery and recount writing achievement, and students’ past tense mastery significantly influenced their recount writing achievement