A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON PASSIVE VOICE MASTERY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMUN I KERTOSONO IN THE 2002/2003 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This research was inteuded to describe the second year students' passive voice mastery at SMUN I Kertosono in the 2002/2003 academic year. The research design was descriptive. The respondent determination method was proportional random sampling by lottery. The total number of respondents was 40 students (12% of the population) taken proportionally from 8 c.! asses. The primary data were .obtained from structure test on passive voice. The collected primary data were analyzed by the percentage formula The secondary data were obtained from document and interview. The research result showed that the second year students of SMUN I Kertosono in tbe 2002/2003 academic year had enough qualification on passive voice mastery; more than enough qualification on simple present tense , enough qualification on simple present continuous tense, ..e. nough qn~l i fi cation on si mpk fnture tense, eno11glt qualification on present perfect tense and enough qualification on simple past tense on passive voice mastery. Based on the results above the English teacher is suggested to pay more attention and give drilling to the students' difficulty in leamiug passive voice, especially the present perfect tense on passive voice. The students are also suggested to do many exercises, especially the present perfect tense on passive voice