Depi Marliani (2011) THE CORRELATION BETWEEN IMPERATIVE SENTENCE MASTERY AND PROCEDURAL TEXT WRITING ABILITY AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KUANTAN MUDIK KUANTAN SINGINGI REGENCY. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau.

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This research is entitled “The Correlation between Imperative Sentence Mastery and Procedural Text Writing Ability at the First Year Students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik Kuantan Singingi Regency”. This reseach design is correlational study. In this research, there are three formulations of the problems, they are how students’ imperative sentence mastery is, how students’ procedural text writing ability is, and wheter or not there is a significant correlation between students’ imperative sentence mastery and their ability in procedural text writing. The objective of the research is only to find out the correlation between imperative sentence mastery and procedural text writing ability at the first year students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik. The research was carried out at SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik. It was conducted from January 03-18, 2011. The subject of the research was the first year students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik. The population of this research was 168 students and the sample was 31 students. The technique used in taking the sample is proportional random sampling. In collecting the data, the writer used test for both of the variables in this research. Before the test of imperative sentence was given to the sample the researcher gave the try out. The writer also gave the test of procedural text writing ability. In analyzing the data, the scores were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Formula by using SPSS 16.0 version. From the research findings, the score of Pearson Product Moment (r) is 0.658 and it compared to r table at 5% and 1%, 0.361<0.658>0.456. It can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The conclusion are that, there is a significant correlation between imperative sentence mastery and procedural text writing ability at the first year students of SMAN 1 Kuantan Mudik Kuantan Singingi Regency, the students’ imperative sentence mastery is categorized into enough level, and the students’ procedural text writing ability is categorized into very good level. Coefficients in this range would be considered very good. Finally, the suggestions are that writing procedural text should be focused on using imperative sentence in order that the generic structure and generic feature of the text can be achieved and by mastering imperative sentence, the students in informational level can prepared themselves to increase their ability in English lesson especially in writing skill.

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