A Study On The Ability Of The Fourth Semester Students Of English Study Program Fkip Riau University In Supplying Capitalizations In Essay Writing

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A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FKIP RIAU UNIVERSITY IN SUPPLYING CAPITALIZATIONS IN ESSAY WRITING Hasnawati,Erni,Maisrul (hasnawati87@gmail.com) Student of English Language Education Department Faculty of Teacher’s Training and Education Riau University Abstract The purpose of this research is to know how good is the ability of the fourth semester students of FKIP Riau University Pekanbru in supplying capitalizations in Essay writing. This is a descriptive research.The students were given writing test. The test consisted of 50 items of capital letters.The procedures of this research are as the following: the writer quotes some paragraphs containing capital letters from English essay writing.The students have to write the correctly the capitalized words correctly.The test done by the students, the writer calculate the scores of classified the levels of the of students’ mastery on the use of capital letter. The Classification of students’ mastery level in English capitalization are the only 12 students get good to excellent scores, 6 students have avarage to good scores, 2 students get poor to avarage scores and 5 students get poor scores. There are 25 students who were taking the writing test. The writer found that the classification of the fourth semester students of English Study Program at FKIP Riau University in supplying capitalization in essay writing is avarage to good category.