Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES)
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): Volume 3 Number 1 April 2023

STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR MASTERY AND WRITING ABLITY: HOW IS THE CORRELATION?

Putu Ayu Trisna Devi (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
I Gde Putu Agus Pramerta (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)
Ida Ayu Made Sri Widiastuti (Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jul 2023

Abstract

In English language there are several language components and skills. There are grammar and writing that take an important role and crucial to be learned by the students because it can help students to get better results in English. Therefore, regarding the importance of grammar and writing for students, the researchers conducted this study that discussed about the correlation between grammar mastery and writing ability. This research aimed to find out the correlation between grammar mastery and writing ability. The sample was consisted of 37 students which was the eighth-grade students of SMP (SLUB) Saraswati 1 Denpasar in academic year 2022/2023. Moreover, there were two tests, namely, the completion test for grammar mastery and paragraph construction test for writing ability. SPSS 25.0 program was used to analyze the data. The result showed that there was a significant correlation among the variables: r value 0.924. It showed very high-level correlation because it was in the interval 0.80-1.000. Therefore, grammar mastery should be considered on teaching writing ability.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ajoes

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Academic Journal on English Studies (AJOES) is a scientific journal which is devoted to English language teaching. It is a journal published twice a year. AJOES publishes original, previously unpublished research papers written in English of the bachelor students of English Language Education Study ...