Discussion THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE MASTERY AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 1 KARYA PENGGAWA PESISIR BARAT IN 20162017 ACADEMIC YEAR

normal distribution. The purpose of using SPSS of version 16 in this case was for practicality and efficiency in the study. Based on the results obtained by using SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16, The result of simple present tense mastery test was conducted in order to see students’ ability in simple present tense mastery. The minimum score was 30 and the maximum score was 88. There was 1 student who got the score 30, 1 student got the score 88, 18 students got the score lower than 70 and 10 students got the score higher than 70. The mean of the simple present tense mastery test is 62. It can be seen that were 19 who get under average scores and 11 students get a good scores over average score 70 Standar Minimum of Criteria. Writing descriptive text test was conducted in order to see students’ ability in writing descriptive text. The minimum score was 65 and the maximum score was 75. There were 2 students who got the score 65, 5 students got the score 75, 4 students got the score lower than 70 and 19 students got the score higher than 70. The mean of writing descriptive text test is 71. It can be seen that were 6 students who got score under average scores and 24 students get a good scores over average score 70 Standar Minimum of Criteria. The result of the data analysis showed that the value of significant generated Sig p value = 0.000 α = 0.05. It means that there was positive correlation between two variables. In this research, the independent variable, simple present tense mastery X was highly influenced by the variable dependent variable, the ability of writing descriptive text Y. And dependent variable, the ability of writing descriptive text Y was also highly influenced by the variable Y. By seeing the result of the data calculation in the previous chapter, it was showed that the alternative hypothesis H a was consequently accepted, it means that there was positive correlation between students’ simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat in 20162017 Academic year. In other words, the null hypothesis H o was rejected and alternative hypothesis H a was accepted. It means that there was positive correlation between Simple Present Tense Mastery and their Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at the First Semester of the Eighth Grade of SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat in 20162017 Academic Year. Based on this research, it was suggested that to have a good in writing descriptive text, students should have a good mastery of present tense. It was supported by the previous research that was conducted by Tarmizi about the correlation between present tense mastery and translating descriptive text amongst the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Seunuddon Banda Aceh. The result of research has shown that there is positive correlation between present tense mastery and the ability of writing descriptive text. 1 Thus, it indicates the connection between grammar especially present tense and writing ability in descriptive text is significant. 1 Tarmizi, The Correlation between Present Tense Mastery and Translating Descriptive Text Amongst the Eleventh Grade Students of SMAN 1 Seunuddon Banda Aceh, 2009, A Thesis CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusions

After conducting the research and analyzing the data, the writer draws a conclusion as follows: There was positive correlation between simple present tense mastery and their ability in writing descriptive text at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat in 20162017 Academic year. Based on the result of the data calculation in the previous chapter, null hypothesis H o was not accepted, and alternative hypothesis H a was accepted. Those the writer ’s assumption was revealed simple present tense mastery and writing descriptive text are correlated significantly. Rank Spearman’s formula by using SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences showed the result obtained that the value of significant generated Sig P value = 0.000 α = 0.05. It can be revealed from the hypothesis testing.

B. Suggestions

Based on the conclusion above, the writer gave some suggestions as follows: 1. For the Teacher It is es sential that the teacher knows that one of the factors affect the students’ ability in writing descriptive text is the students’ mastery of structure of simple present tense. 2. For the Students Based on the result of the research showed that many of students at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Karya Penggawa Pesisir Barat found difficulties in using the verb in the simple present tense form. Thus, the writer suggests that learning of simple present tense is one way to make easier to writing descriptive text. 3. For Next Researcher The writer hopes, this research can give an advantage of simple present tense and writing for student to urge them to study more deeply about simple present tense and writing especially about writing descriptive text. REFERENCES Ali, A Faidal Rahman. 2007. Fundamental of English Grammar a Practical Guide. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Widyatama Anderson, Mark and Kathy Anderson. 2003. Text Type in English. Shouth Yara: Macmillan Education. Arikunto, Suharsimi. 2006. Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktik. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta. Aruf, Muhammad. 2014. Jurnal Ilmiah: Penerapan Aplikasi ANATES. Madura: Universitas Trinojoyo Madura. Azar, Betty Schrampfer. 1941. Basic English Grammar 2 nd Ed. New York: Longman Group. Best, John W and James V Kahn. 1995. Research in Education 7 th Ed. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall. Brown, H Douglas. 1994. Teaching by Principles an Interactive Aproach to Language Pedagogy 2 nd Ed. New York: Longman. _______________. 2000. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching 4 th Ed. New York: Addison Wesley Longman. Creswell, John W. 2014. Research Design Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaces 4 th Ed. London: Sage. Djuharie, Otong Setiawan. 2009. Essay Writing. Bandung: Yrama Widya. Emilia, Emi. 2011. Pendekatan Genre-Based dalam Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris. Bandung: Rizqi. Fraenkel, Jack R. and Norman E. Wallen. 1932. How To Design and Evaluate Research in Education. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Fullan, G Michael. 1993. Why Teacher Must Become Change Agents. Ontorio: Journal of Education Leadership. http:www.sunyedl630.wikispace.com, retrieved on April 2 nd , 2016.