THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' ABILITY TO USE POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Keywords:
Ability , Writing, Possessive Adjective, Descriptive TextAbstract
The aim of this study was to know the students’ ability to use possessive adjective in writing descriptive text at Junior High School. The method of this research was descriptive quantitative method. The data of this research was collected through a writing test as the instrument. The population were all students in the ninth grade and the sample of this research was students in class IX A consisted of 34 students. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The researcher found that from 34 students, there were 15 or (44.10%) students who got excellent category, 5 or (14.70 %) students who got good category, 5 or (14.70 %) students who got average category, 9 or (26.50 %) students who got poor categoty, and none students got fail category. Students have variety levels to used possessive adjective but most of them (15 students) can used possessive adjective in writing descriptive text correctly because they were in excellent category. The result of this research showed that the mean score of students’ ability to use possessive adjective in writing descriptive text at SMP Negeri 1 Sunggumisa was 70. This score was got based on the result of all the students’ score that were divided into the total of student who became the sample of this research. In conclusion, the students’ ability to use possessive adjective in writing descriptive text of ninth grade at SMP Negeri 1 Sungguminasa was categorized into good level.
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