THE INFLUENCE OF THE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TO ENGLISH TOWARD THEIR WRITING SKILL OF SIMPLE SENTENCE OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN SMPN 1 VII KOTO SUNGAI SARIK KAB. PADANG PARIAMAN
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Abstract This research was aimed to find out the influence of students’ attitude to English toward their writing skill of simple sentence of simple present tense in SMPN 1 VII Koto Sungai Sarik Kabupaten Padang Pariaman. The result of this research was the students’ attitudes to English is really influential toward writing skill. The number of population was 200 students. The researcher took two classes as sample by using cluster random sampling technique. The classes selected as sample were classes VII2 and VII4. The researcher gathered the data by using questionnaire to measure students’ attitude and grammar test to measure students’ writing in simple sentence of simple present tense. The result of study showed that students’ attitude to English was good attitude. It is indicated that 36 students had good (76.59%), 6 students had medium (12.8%) and 5 students had very good (10.6%). It was also found that students’ writing of simple sentence of simple present tense was moderate, Mean was 72.3 and Standard Deviation was 9.98. It is indicated that 31students had moderate (66%), 10 students had low (21.2%) and 6 students had high (12.8%). Therefore, the relationship between students’ attitudes to English toward writing skill of simple sentence of simple present tense was influential. It means the students’ attitudes to English can influence the result of study of the students to write simple sentence especially in simple present tense. If the students’ attitude was good so the score of writing simple sentence of simple present tense would be in the high level. Key Words: Writing Skill, Simple Present Tense, Students’ Attitudes
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