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Research: Mixed Model: Students’ Ability in Applying Verb Tenses in Writing Sentence

Mixed Model: Students’ Ability in Applying Verb Tenses in Writing Sentence 

 Based on the data analysis explained in chapter IV, the researcher described some conclusions as in the following:
1.      There are 60 students of the second year students of English Department FKIP UNILAK Pekanbaru who participated in this research. From these 60 students can be seen that the total of the students’ scores in verb tenses test is 3098, mode of the students’ scores is 52, median of the students’ scores is 50.6, variance of the students’ scores is 261.54, and standard deviation is 16.17. The scores range from a low of 20 to a high of 84, a range of 64 points.
2.      The average score of the students’ ability in applying verb tenses in writing sentence is 51.63. It means that the students’ ability in applying verb tenses in writing sentence is categorized into less.
3.      The students’ common problems in mastering verb tenses in writing sentences can be classified into two groups; they are the students’ common problems with verb tenses and the students’ personal problems influencing their ability in applying verb tenses in writing sentences.
4.      The students’ common problems in mastering verb tenses in writing sentences is the students are not able to control verb tenses such as time of the actions and events take place so that they often make error in time express, errors in duration of the action, and errors in aspect of the action or event beyond its time.
5.      The students’ personal problems influencing their ability in applying verb tenses in writing sentences such as the students seldom work on exercises pertinent to verb tenses in the class and at home, they are lazy to read grammar books especially about verb tenses, they do not have enough time to study verb tenses, they seldom discuss verb tenses with their friends, they are shy to ask the lecturer, and they are lazy to review the lesson of verb tenses at home.
6.      The researcher concludes that the findings on students’ common problems in mastering verb tenses correspond to their ability in applying verb tenses in writing sentences, particularly the students at the second year students of English Department of FKIP UNILAK Pekanbaru.

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