1.7 Outline of the Report
This study consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 is introduction. It presents background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of problem,
objectives of the study, significance of the study, limitation of the study, and outline of the report.
Chapter 2 discusses review of related literature which presents review of previous studies, theoretical background, and theoretical framework.
Chapter 3 is methods of investigation that discusses object of the study, role of the researcher, types of data, instrument for collecting the data, procedures
of collecting the data, procedures of the analysing data, and techniques of analysing the data.
Chapter 4 is the data analysis that consists of the analysis of the test, and it covers data analysis and the discussion of the results.
Chapter 5 presents the conclusions of the result and some suggestions on the basis of the findings.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents review of the related literature. It consists of review of the previous studies which related to the study of pronouns, review of the theoretical
study containing theory of writing and grammar and theory of pronouns, especially types of personal pronouns, and theoretical framework that consists of
steps which used in this study.
2.1 Review of the Previous Studies
This study that entitles students‟ abilities in using personal pronouns in their
sentences will discuss personal pronouns and their functions. There are some researches that discuss personal pronouns in many ways. In this case, I will show
some researchers who have discussed personal pronouns. The first researcher is Winarni 2011 who conducted a research entitled
“Improving Students‟ Ability in Using Personal Pronoun through Contextual Teaching Learning A Classroom Action Research at the Second Year of SMP
Islam Raden Patah Depok”. Her research study includes classroom action research that
discusses students‟ ability in using personal pronouns. The objective of her research is to improve students‟ ability in using personal pronouns through
contextual learning teaching in the VIII-I class of SMP Raden Patah Depok. The data were derived from the tests pre-test and post-test, the result of interview to
the English teacher, the result of questionnaires, and the result of observation. The