Lia Diana
Akademi Bahasa Asing (ABA) Persada Bunda Pekanbaru

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DEVELOPING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE MASTERY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF STISIP PERSADA BUNDA PEKANBARU Lia Diana
EJI (English Journal of Indragiri) : Studies in Education, Literature, and Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): EJI (English Journal of Indragiri) : Studies in Education, Literature and Lingu
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (582.651 KB) | DOI: 10.32520/eji.v4i2.1097

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The simple present tense is the most basic tense that should be mastered by the first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. Moreover, descriptive text is one of the text types which use the present tense. Descriptive text is used by the researcher as the text that let the students apply their ability in using the present tense. However, most students still face difficulties in using present tense in writing descriptive text. Thus, the researcher conducted the study entitled "Developing Students Simple Present Tense Mastery in Writing Descriptive Text at The First Semester Students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru.” This research aimed to identify the most dominant students' errors and to describe the factors causing students' errors in using present tense in writing descriptive text first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. The study was used mixed methodology as the research method. The population were the first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. In collecting the data, the researcher used the students' writing products in using present tense in writing descriptive text and the questionnaire. The study was showed two points; through the students' writing products would result in the students' errors and the questionnaire would show the factors causing students' errors in using present tense in writing descriptive text. Based on the research findings showed that the most dominant students’ errors were misformation errors with 56 items (62,92%). Moreover, based on the questionnaire could be concluded that the factors causing the students' errors in using the present tense in writing descriptive text were interlingual transfer and intralingual interference.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING SHORT PARAGRAPH BY USING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AT FIRST SEMESTER STISIP PERSADA BUNDA PEKANBARU Lia Diana
Journal of English Language and Education Vol 4, No 1 (2019)
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31004/jele.v4i1.40

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The study purposes to determine whether writing short paragraph by using present tense can improve the students’ writing skill. In this research, the writer focuses on the students’ simple present tense mastery and the ability to write a short paragraph. The research intents onto the students’ ability English functional writing, especially in writing simple paragraph the first semester Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Sosial dan Politik (STISIP) Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. The participants are the first semester students of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Sosial dan Politik (STISIP) Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. There were 13 students. The research found that writing short paragraph by using simple present tense could improve the students writing’s skill. This research is a qualitative research. The writer collected the data employ the test and the documentation technique. The test is written test of simple paragraph in English subject for the students at the first semester of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. Then, the students’ sheet were corrected by scoring rubric of short paragraph by using simple present tense. Finally, the writer analyzes the students’ score.
DEVELOPING SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE MASTERY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF STISIP PERSADA BUNDA PEKANBARU Lia Diana
EJI (English Journal of Indragiri) : Studies in Education, Literature, and Linguistics Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): EJI (English Journal of Indragiri): Studies in Education, Literature, and Lingu
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32520/eji.v4i2.1097

Abstract

The simple present tense is the most basic tense that should be mastered by the first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. Moreover, descriptive text is one of the text types which use the present tense. Descriptive text is used by the researcher as the text that let the students apply their ability in using the present tense. However, most students still face difficulties in using present tense in writing descriptive text. Thus, the researcher conducted the study entitled "Developing Students Simple Present Tense Mastery in Writing Descriptive Text at The First Semester Students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru.” This research aimed to identify the most dominant students' errors and to describe the factors causing students' errors in using present tense in writing descriptive text first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. The study was used mixed methodology as the research method. The population were the first semester students of STISIP Persada Bunda Pekanbaru. In collecting the data, the researcher used the students' writing products in using present tense in writing descriptive text and the questionnaire. The study was showed two points; through the students' writing products would result in the students' errors and the questionnaire would show the factors causing students' errors in using present tense in writing descriptive text. Based on the research findings showed that the most dominant students’ errors were misformation errors with 56 items (62,92%). Moreover, based on the questionnaire could be concluded that the factors causing the students' errors in using the present tense in writing descriptive text were interlingual transfer and intralingual interference.