Students’ Ability in Making Compound Sentence at fourth Semester students of English Education Department of State Islamic Institute Bukittinggi In Academic Year 2016/2017
ABSTRACT Rahmi Wati, 2312.090. Students’ Ability in Making Compound Sentence at fourth Semester students of English Education Department of State Islamic Institute Bukittinggi In Academic Year 2016/2017. A Thesis State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Bukittinggi 2017 This research was done because it was found some problems which was faced by fourth semester students of English Education Department IAIN Bukittinggi in making compound sentence. It can be seen by the problem which were done by students, they are: some of students have lack competency to combine two independent clauses in making compound sentence and some of students were still difficult how to use appropriate conjunction. The kind of this research was descriptive quantitative. The population of this research was the 4 th semester students of English Education Department. This research used Purposive sampling technique, the sample consists of 62 students. After that, this research used test to find out the students’ ability in making compound sentence. The test consists of 15 items. The result shows that description of students’ ability in making compound sentence was categorized in level good. Also, the researcher found that most of students got the highest score with the range between 70-89. Then, the percentage of mean result which was calculated was 83.36 with the rating quality was categorized in level good. Hence, it can be concluded that students’ ability in making compound sentence at the fourth semester was good. Keyword: Students’ Ability and Compound Sentence ABSTRAK Rahmi Wati, 2312.090. Kemampuan Siswa dalam Membuat Compound Sentence oleh Mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Semester Empat IAIN Bukittinggi Tahun Ajaran 2016/2017. Skripsi, Institute Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bukittinggi 2017. Penelitian ini dilakukan karena di latarbelakangi oleh penemuan beberapa masalah yang dihadapi mahasiswa semester 4 jurusan pendidikan bahasa inggris di IAIN Bukittinggi dalam menggunakan compound sentence. Hal itu terlihat dari seringnya mahasiswa melakukan kesalahan yaitu beberapa siswa memiliki kurang kemampuan untuk menggabungkan dua Independent clause ketika membuat compound sentence dan beberapa siswa masih kesulitan menggunakan kata penghubung yang tepat. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan di dalam penelitian ini adalah bentuk deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif jumlah populasi mahasiswa semester 4 adalah 125 mahasiswa, dimana mereka dibagi di dalam 4 kelas. Pengambilan sample dilakukan secara purposive sampling, sample terdiri dari 62 mahasiswa. Sedangkan untuk menentukan kemampuan mahasiswa, peneliti menggunakan test. Test terdiri dari 15 soal. Dari hasil analisis data, ditemukan bahwa kemampuan siswa dalam membuat compound sentence dikategorikan dengan level good. Peneliti menemukan juga bahwa kebanyakan siswa mendapatkan nilai antara 70-89. Nilai ini merupakan nilai frekuensi tertinggi. Selanjutnya, dari perhitungan nilai rata-rata adalah 80.48 dengan level good. Dengan demikian dapat dibuktikan bahwa kemampuan mahssiswa dalam membuat compound sentence di semester empat dikategorikan dalam level good. Kata Kunci: Kemampuan Siswa, compound sentence