THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLAUSE MASTERY AND THE WRITING ABILITY OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF UHAMKA ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM IN THE 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

hisna aulia syifa qothrunnada; dr. m. farkhan, m. pd.;

SITI NURUL MUTMAINAH. 0901065283. The Relationship between Clause Mastery and The Writing Ability of The Fourth Semester Students of UHAMKA English Study Program in the 2012-2013 Academic Year. A paper. Jakarta. The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, Jakarta 2013.
The purpose of this study is to get the empirical data whether or not the relationship between students‘ clause mastery and writing ability. Thirty six students are randomly chosen out of 360 students at The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka which focused on the fourth semester of English Study Program in the 2012-2013 Academic Year.
The research consists of two variables. The first variable is students‘ clause mastery and the second variable is students‘ writing ability. The data is obtained through multiple choices and essay test. The collected data are analyzed by using the Pearson‘s Product Moment. The research finding shows that the coefficient correlation at the level significance 5% (P = .05) is 0.320. Since ro is 0.735 which it is higher than rt, it means that the relationship between two variables are highly significance.
Students have to improve their clause mastery especially about adverbial clause. When they are able to master about it, it will help them to make a product writing. While lectures have to provide their students with extensive writing practice, and give assignment in order to make students‘ score increase highly.