The Correlation Grammar

Mastery
and
Writing
Aibility

There are certain reasons that make the

writer chooses the correlation between
grammar mastery and writing ability.

1. Grammar is one of the English

components that affect writing competence.
Students who have good grammatical
competence still need a guidance to become
effective writers.
2. The students who have good competence
in grammatical concept still need a guidance
to become effective writers.
3. Students mastery of grammar has more
or less influence on improving their ability in
writing.

The Problem Statement

1. To what extent do 7th semester students
grammar mastery?
2. To what extent do 7th semester students
writing ability?
3. Is there any significant correlation between
grammarmastery and writing ability of the
7th semester students
The Objectives of the Study
To find out the students 7th semester
grammar mastery.
To find out the students 7th semester
writing ability.
To find out whether or not there is
correlation between grammar mastery and

esearch Methodology

Quantitative Method

Research Design
According to Creswell (2009: 3) research
design are plans and the procedures for
researchers that span the decisions from
broad assumptions to detailed methods of
the data collection and analysis.

Sample of the Research

Purposive Sampling
31 students

Research Instruments
Grammar test and writing test

echnique of Collecting Data

Premise known as the stem is presented as
incomplete statement, which the students
asked to select only one true answer. I gave
15 questions and 30 minutes for students to
do. While in writing test, I emphasized
student to write out an abstract that
consists 200-300 words in 45 minutes.

Technique of Analysis Data

he Result of the Research

After the data was counted statistically, the
writer got tcritical was 2.045 and tobserved was
31.73. The criteria of test was H0 is
accepted if - tcritical tobserved tcritical. So by
testing hypothesis, it was proved that H0 is
rejected because the score was - 2.0452
31.73 2.0452. It means that there is
significant correlation between learners
grammar mastery and their writing ability.

e example of Implicit simile

S63: ...both such brilliant young boys, they
got on like a cauldron on fire..
Context of the situation: It happened when
Harry read Rita Sketers book about Albus
Dumbledore. Harry read a part when Bathilda
was telling a friendship between Albus
Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald.
The meaning: Bathilda compared
Dumbledore and Grindelwald uch brilliant
young boys, they like a cauldron on fire. It
meant they were on enthusiasthic to find
smething new. It indicated into implicit simile
beacause the meaning of the sentence

Thank you