Abstract:
A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA Al-HUDA PEKANBARU IN SELECTING APPROPRIATE RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Erni, Effendy Gultom, Supriusman
English Study Program
Language And Art Department
Teachers Training And Education Faculty
University of Riau
Abstract
The general objective of this study is to find out the ability of the second year students in selecting appropriate relative pronouns. This research was conducted at SMA Al-Huda Pekanbaru in July 2012 in the Academic year of 2012/2013. The sample of the research is 27 students of IPA class. The data were collected by using multiplechoice questions. The writer conducted a try out in another class before the test was given. There are 10 items being revised after doing the try out. 4 items being revised because their facility value scores are lower than 0,30 (difficult), and 6 items being revised because their facility value scores are higher than 0,70 (easy). The result of this study shows that most of the students (62,97%) can select appropriate relative pronoun “when”. However, some students (29,63%) still find difficulty to select appropriate relative pronoun “whose”. So, it may be concluded that the students’ ability is still in mediocre level with the mean score of 59,81.
