THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMAR MASTERY AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 4 DENPASAR IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

This correlational study is aimed at finding out the correlation between students’ grammar mastery and descriptive writing ability of the eighth grade students at SMPN 4 Denpasar in academic year 2021/2022. The samples were chosen by using random sampling method with as many as 40 students involved in the research. The researcher used two tests to get the data of grammar mastery and descriptive writing ability, such as: grammar transformation test for the grammar mastery and text construction test for the writing ability. The obtained data were assessed by using Product Moment formula and analyzed by using SPSS 23.00 for windows. Based on the data analysis, it showed that there is a weak, significant and positive correlation between grammar mastery and writing ability of eighth grade students at SMPN 4 Denpasar in academic year 2021/2022. Therefore, it answered the research question that there is a significant correlation between grammar mastery and writing ability.