Assessing Student’s Ability to Construct English Noun Phrases in Writing Sentences at Senior High School Takalar

Abstract

The primary goal of the study was to assess students' proficiency in three different
types of noun phrase construction: simple noun phrases, rather complex noun phrases, and
very complex noun phrases. Descriptive quantitative research was adopted by the writers.
The writer collected the samples by using a total sampling technique that consisted of 40
students. As a result, the writers reviewed the data by using descriptive analysis to get the
mean score and the precise responses for each student. Data analysis revealed that the
student's capability to construct simple noun phrases was 9,55 (very good), rather complex
noun phrases was 3,5 (very poor), and very complex noun phrases were 2,41 (very poor).
Based on the result of the data analysis, the writers concluded that the student’s ability to
construct simple noun phrases was very high, but the students' ability to construct rather
complex noun phrases and very complex noun phrases was very low.