CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE MASTERY AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 2 LAMBA-LEDA

Abstract

The aims of this research was to describe the correlation between students‟ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text. This research used correlation method that used an analysis correlation product moment (r) to know the correlation between students‟ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text. The instrument that used in this research was test to find out the level of students‟ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text by asked for students to write descriptive text at least 70 words about their favorite person, place or thing. The population of this reearch was the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Lamba-Leda numbered 115 students which consits of four classes. The number of sample were 20 students of class X science. The result of this research showed that there was no correlation between students‟ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text, this fact can be seen the result of rcount < rtable (0,1958 < 0,3783).