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E. Instrument of the research
The writer used test as an instrument to obtain the data, she made the test about reported speech of Imperative sentence in her research. The writer
gave a written test focused on the subject matter that they studied before. The test consists of 20 questions. It is divided into two parts.
The first part consists of 10 questions asking the students to change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses.
The second part consists of other 10 questions asking the students to complete the sentences by fill in the black spaces with the suitable pronoun.
Kind of instruments that the writer used are: 1.
English written test The writer gave the written test to get the data about the frequency of
the error in the transform or change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses and pronouns in learning reported
speech of imperative sentence. 2.
Interview The writer interviewed an English teacher and some students who got
low and high scores to reinforce the analysis and to find out the reasons why the students doing error in learning reported speech of
imperative sentence.
F. Technique of Data Analysis
The technique of data analysis used by the writer in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage, she used formula as follows:
P = F X 100
N
P = Percentage F = Frequency of error made
N = Number of sample which is observed
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After the writer have the frequency and percentage of error, the writer looked for the average mark by using formula:
P = F X 100
N X n
p = percentage f = frequency
N = Number of students n = Number of items
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
In this chapter, the writer will report the description of data. She gave the test to the thirty seven students of the first year of SMK Perwira Jakarta.
However, there were 2 students absent when the writer gave the test. The test consisted of 20 items divided into two parts A and B. These two parts of test
were given to take student’s score in reported speech of imperative sentence; 1.
Part A : To test student’s ability to change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses.
2. Part B : To test student’s ability to change the direct and indirect
imperative sentence by using suitable pronoun in its transformation.
TABLE 4.1 Student’s score of test result
No Students
identification Number N
Score No Students
identification Number N
Score 1
Student 1 70
20
Student 20 35
2 Student 2
85 21
Student 21 80
3
Student 3 35
22
Student 22 40
4
Student 4 60
23
Student 23 40
5 Student 5
70 24
Student 24 70
6 Student 6
35 25
Student 25 80
7
Student 7 55
26
Student 26 50
8
Student 8 70
27
Student 27 75
9 Student 9
60 28
Student 28 70
10 Student 10
85 29
Student 29 50
11
Student 11 75
30
Student 30 35
12 Student 12
70
31
Student 31 45
13 Student 13
65 32
Student 32 40
14 Student 14
40 33
Student 33 40
15 Student 15
70 34
Student 34 35
16 Student 16
50 35
Student 35 50
17 Student 17
85 36
Student 36 45