JURNAL LITTERA: FAKULTAS SASTRA DARMA AGUNG
Vol 1 No 2 (2021): OKTOBER

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMAR MASTERY AND WRITING ABILITY (A CORRELATION STUDY) AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGERI 1 SIBORONGBORONG

Vera Nadeak (Universitas Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli Utara)
Bonari H Tambunan (Universitas Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli Utara)
Rotua Hutasoit (Universitas Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli Utara)
Juandi Nababan (Universitas Sisingamangaraja XII Tapanuli Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2021

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to know whether there is a significant correlation between grammar mastery and writing ability at the Tenth Grade of SMK Negeri 1 Siborongborong. The sample of this study is 30 students taken from B class of six. The method used in this study was a quantitative method and the technique used in this study was a correlational technique. In collecting the data, the documentation of students‟ writing scores and the test of grammar are used. The scores of writing were collected from the learning Process of writing subject at Tenth Grade of SMK Negeri 1 Siborongborong. Besides, in assessing students‟ mastery of grammar, this study conducted multiple choice and error identification test to the students. The result of this study shows that there is a very low correlation between students‟ grammar mastery and writing ability. It is proved by the rxy (0.165) is lower than rtable in the degree of significance 5% (0.374) and 1% (0.478). It is considered that the null hypothesis (Ho) is accepted and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is rejected.

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littera

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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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ONLINE ISSN 2657-0084 PRINT ISSN 2089-0273 Littera Journal is one of the publications media of research results from academicians, researchers and practitioners. Littera journal is also expected to be a media for disseminating information development from Literature and various linguistic ...