15. Question 25 Present Subjunctive
• The purposes: -
to measure the students’ ability of present subjunctive -
to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators:
- the students know the pattern of present subjunctive
- the students know the difference between present and past
subjunctive -
the students know the fact sentence of present subjunctive • The item
I am sure he is not the man in charge of the sales department. But now, he ____
A. acts as if he is the sales manager
B. is acting as if he would be the sales
C. would have acted as if he had been the sales manager
D. would act as if he was the sales manager
E. acts as if he were the sales manager
From table 1 above the writer finds 25 students cannot answer the question correctly. Here the analysis:
The right answer is option E acts as if he were the sales manager. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happen; 15 students no
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 30 50 choose option acts as if he is the sales manager, 5 students no 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 16 choose option
B is acting as if he would be the sales, no student chooses option C would have acted as if he had been the sales manager, 5 students no 1, 11, 15, 20, 23
16 choose D would act as if he was the sales manager and 5 students no
16, 18, 19, 28, 29 16 choose option E acts as if he were the sales
manager. Only five students 16 choose the correct answer, the answer is acts as if he were the sales manager. The item above is present subjunctive
with as if, which is questioned is the fact of the item.
Those problems above arise because the students have poor knowledge of the pattern of present and past subjunctive. They still use Concord or
Agreement, like is or was collocates with she, he and it, but in Subjunctive whatever pronoun I, you, they, we, she, he, it collocate with were or had
been and another cause is teaching methodology such as problem solving, review
and explanation. After finding some problems found by the students in mastering
subjunctive, the writer interprets the data using the measurement below to know ton what extent the students have mastered the subjunctive.
The measurement used as follows:
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Incorrect Score Category
0 – 25 Very Poor
26 – 50 Poor
51 – 75 Enough
75 – 100 Good
From the data description, table 2, the writer can interpret the average score and categorize into measurement above. The average score of the
students can be accounted by using average formulation:
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A =
N S
A = Average Score S = Total Score
N = Number of student
After processing the data the writer accounts the average of score as follows:
The average of score of students’ achievement test is . According to the
measurement above, the writer categorizes that the students’ mastery of subjunctive is
poor. Based on the measurement, the score around 26 – 50 is categorized as poor. It
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Drs. Riduwan, M.B.A, Metode dan Tkhnik Menyusun Tesis, Bandung: Alfabeta, 2004, p.130.
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Aryo Dewantara, S.Si, Kumpulan Rumus Lengkap Kelas X, XI dan XII SMA-Rumus Kantong Matematika SMA,
Jakarta: Pustaka Widyatama, 2008, p. 79.
A =
means that the mastery of subjunctive of the third year students of Senior High School at Lembaga Pendidikan Primagama Lubang Buaya is not good. From the
students’ score, it can be seen that only one student no.18 who can achieve a good score 82, 50.
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