A Correlational Study of Past Tense and Compound Word Mastery toward the Ability in Comprehending Narrative Text

Abstract

This is a correlational research focuses on finding out whether there is a correlation of past tense and compound word mastery toward the ability in comprehending narrative text which conducted at the tenth grade of SMAN 1 Remboken, academic year 2018/2019. The population of this research was the tenth grade of SMAN 1 Remboken which consisted of 153 students. Random sampling technique was used to draw sample consisted of 30 students. The researcher administered three kinds of tests in the form of written namely grammar test, vocabulary test, and reading comprehension test. to find out the validity and reliability of the tests, the instruments used were tested. The result of the tests showed that there was a significant correlation of past tense and compound word mastery toward the ability in comprehending narrative text. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient established a positive correlation among the variables with score 0.892 and the probability values obtained is 0. Since the value of significance 0 < 0.05, it can be decided that the hypothesis H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted. As the result, there was a positive correlation of past tense and compound word mastery toward the ability in comprehending narrative text at tenth grade of SMAN 1 Remboken, academic year 2018/2019.

Keywords: correlation, past tense, compound word, comprehending narrative text