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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING PREPOSITION WITHIN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SEVENTH GRADE OF MTSN 6 AGAM Fathul Muntazia; Eliza Eliza; Reflinda Reflinda; Loli Safitri
EDU RESEARCH Vol 5 No 3 (2024): EDU RESEARCH
Publisher : IICLS (Indonesian Institute for Corporate Learning and Studies)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47827/jer.v5i3.438

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Prepositions were part of grammar used in speaking, listening, reading and writing. In learning English, the students must be able to grasp the meaning. There were several problems that the researcher found in the process of learning English at seventh grade of MTSN 6 Agam. There first problem was the students did not know the meaning of the prepositions. The second problem was that students still found difficulties to distinguish preposition in arranging the sentence correctly. In fact, prepositions are of several types. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to find out how the students’ ability in using prepositions within descriptive text and which types of prepositions are most frequently misused by students’ in descriptive text. This research was a quantitative research. The population of this research was seventh grade students at MTSN 6 Agam which consists of 10 classes with total students 329, meanwhile the sample of this research 76 students. In this research, the researcher used purposive sampling. Instrument of this research was a test. The data had been of this research obtained, then analyzed, to find the percentage of ability. Regarding the result of the data analysis, the conclusion were types of prepositions are most frequently misused by students were prepositions place with 265 misused, and related to the second research question found that, students ability in using preposition within descriptive text have categories is sufficient 65%.
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN ENGLISH TEACHING TOPICS AND THEIR LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMA N 1 2X11 ENAM LINGKUNG Riyana Apalda; Eliza Eliza; Genta Sakti; Absharini Kardena
EDU RESEARCH Vol 6 No 1 (2025): EDU RESEARCH
Publisher : IICLS (Indonesian Institute for Corporate Learning and Studies)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47827/jer.v6i1.565

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This study was conducted to find out the correlation between students’ interest in English teaching topics and their learning achievement at 11th grade of SMA N 1 2X11 Enam Lingkung. This study used correlational design. The sample was the XI F 1 and XI F 3 which consisted of 64 students which selected by using cluster random sampling technique. The technique data collection was questionnaire and students’ achievement test scores. The researcher developed 20 statement of questionnaire based on Arlianty (2016) and students’ achievement test scores were from the mid - term test that had been carried out by teacher at school. Analysis the data was using Pearson’s Product Moment. Based on the data analysis conducted, a correlation coefficient of 0.693 was obtained. The magnitude between these variables was moderate because it lies between the interpretation of 0.40 – 0.699. It means that there is a significant correlation between these variables. So, higher students’ interest in English teaching topics are associated with higher their learning achievement, whereas lower students’ interest in English teaching topics corresponds to lower learning achievement.