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CHAPTER IV
RESEARCH RESULTS AND FINDINGS
In this chapter, the writer presents the research findings and discussion. The first section of this chapter presents the data collected from the survey. The writer
describes the data using tables. The second session of this chapter focuses on answering the research problems of this research. There were three research problems
in this research: 1 How much have the second semester students of English Language Education Study Program in Sanata Dharma University mastered the use of
passive voice? 2 What are the students’ difficulties in mastering passive voice? 3 What are the possible causes of the difficulties? After analyzing all the tests given to
the students, the writer classified the results according to the grades to see the mastery of passive voice. To see the type of errors made by the students, the writer also
presents error classification and its percentage.
4.1 Data Presentation
The data collected in this study was from the test administered to the second semester students in the academic year of 20112012. The test, as it is explained in
Chapter 3, had two parts, and each part had its own objective. There were two objectives of the first part of the test. The first objective was that the students were
able to know the forms of passive voice. The second objective was the students were
34 able to interpret the meaning of passive voice. Here the students were required to
know the meaning of each form, otherwise their answers will be incorrect. In the second part of the test, the students were asked to fill in the blanks with the suitable
forms of the verbs. The objective of this part was the students were able to demonstrate their ability to use passive voice appropriately. They had to be able to
use the right form of passive voice. The achievement in the whole part of the test is presented in table 4.1 below.
Table 4.1 The Students ‘Achievement in the Whole Part of the Test
Percentage of Correct Answers Number of Students Achieving Percentage
of Correct Answers
90 – 100 80 – 89
70 – 79 60 – 69
50 – 59 40 – 49
30 – 39 20 – 29
10 – 19
0 – 9 26
20 16
10
3 2
3 -
- -
Most of the students 26 students achieved the highest percentage 90 – 100 of correct answers. The students’ lowest achievement fell in the range 30 – 39, and there
were 3 students who achieved it. In the following tables, the writer presents the students’ achievement in each
part of the test.
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Table 4.2 The Students’ Achievement in the First Part of the Test
Percentage of Correct Answers Number of Students Achieving Percentage
of Correct Answers
90 – 100 80 – 89
70 – 79 60 – 69
50 – 59 40 – 49
30 – 39 20 – 29
10 – 19
0 – 9 61
9 4
4 1
- 1
- -
-
In this table we can see that in the first part of the test that emphasized the form and meaning, most of the students 61 students achieved the highest
percentage. The highest achievement fell on the range 90-100.
Table 4.3 The Students’ Achievement in the Second Part of the Test
Percentage of Correct Answers Number of Students Achieving Percentage
of Correct Answers
90 – 100 80 – 89
70 – 79 60 – 69
50 – 59 40 – 49
30 – 39 20 – 29
10 – 19
0 – 9 11
20 13
12 14
1 4
3 2
-
In table 4.3, it can be seen that most of the students 20 students achieved 80 correct answers in the part of the test that emphasized the function. These are
36 one range low than the first part of the test. The lowest percentages fell on the range
10-19. It was achieved by two students.
4.2 Data Analysis
