The Form of Gerund

the English teacher in the school in order to know the English teaching- learning process done in the class.

F. Technique of Data Analysis

The technique of data analysis that is used in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage, which is described in the table percentage. In this table percentage use the formula: P = Note : P = Percentage f = Frequency N = Number of Sample or Student 1 After having percentage and frequency, the total average of percentage is looked for by using the formula: P = Note : P = Percentage f = Frequency N = Number of Sample or Student n = Number of item test. 1 Prof. Drs. Anas Sudijono, Pengantar Statistik Pendidikan, Jakarta: PT. Raja Graffindo Persada, 2004, p. 43 27

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING

This section, presents the research finding based on the data obtained during the research, which is divided into data description, data analysis, and data interpretation.

A. The Data Description

The test about gerund has given to the 38 students of class 9L and 9N as it has been stated above. Actually the number of the students is 40 students; but 2 students were absent. So, the students who have done the test are 38 students. The test consists of 25 items which are broken down into two forms of test 15 items for form and 10 items for usage. The instrument is enclosed in appendix 1. However, the instrument of this research is divided into two parts of area discussed in gerund, and the distributions are described in the following tables: Table 4.1 Area tested of form and usage in gerund No Error in gerund Question number Total items 1 Use the correct gerund form a. Gerund as subject of a sentence b. Gerund as direct object of certain verb c. Gerund as subject complement of a sentence d. Gerund as object of preposition 3, 6, 9, 16, 19 2, 8, 13, 14, 20 1, 5, 7, 15, 18 4, 10, 11, 12, 17 5 5 5 5 Based on the table 4.1, there are four functions of gerund, namely gerund as subject of a sentence, gerund as object of preposition, gerund as direct object of certain verbs, and gerund as the complement of a sentence. The test consists of 25 items which are asking about four functions of gerund, they are gerund as subject of a sentence number of items are 3, 6, 9, 16, 19, gerund as object of preposition number of items are 2, 8, 13, 14, 20, gerunds as direct object of certain verbs number of items 1, 5, 7, 15, 18, and gerund as the complement of a sentence number of items 4, 10, 11, 12, 17. By analyzing the students’ answer sheet, their score of test obtained is presented in the following table: Table 4.2 Students’ score of test result No Sample Score No Sample Score 1 Student 1 8 21 Student 25 13 2 Student 2 16 22 Student 26 10 3 Student 3 13 23 Student 27 14 4 Student 4 14 24 Student 28 13 5 Student 5 7 25 Student 29 16 6 Student 6 16 26 Student 30 9 7 Student 7 18 27 Student 31 17 8 Student 8 12 28 Student 32 14 9 Student 9 16 29 Student 33 14 10 Student 10 13 30 Student 34 10 11 Student 11 12 31 Student 35 18 12 Student 12 14 32 Student 36 11 13 Student 13 15 33 Student 37 17 1 Student 14 10 34 Student 38 16 15 Student 15 14 35 Student 39 7 16 Student 16 16 36 Student 40 17 17 Student 17 10 37 Student 41 11 18 Student 18 15 38 Student 42 17 19 Student 19 8 39 Student 43 19 20 Student 20 40 Student 44 Average Score 13.4