Analysis of the students’ ability in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text (at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan).

Harahap, Muhammad Aulia (2014) Analysis of the students’ ability in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text (at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan). Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The aims of the research were to know the students’ ability in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text at the tenth grade SMA N. 3 Padangsidimpuan, to know the students’ difficulties in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text, to know the English teachers’ effort to overcome the difficulties. This research was done in SMA N.3 Padangsidimpuan. The sources of data were the tenth grade students, the English teacher and head master of SMA N.3 Padangsidimpuan. The kind of this research is qualitative research by using descriptive method. The instruments of collecting data were observation, interview and test. After the research was done it can be known that the students’ ability in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text at the tenth grade SMA N.3 Padangsidimpuan can be categorized into enough category (56.06). the students’ difficulties in identifying adjective phrase in descriptive text were the students had poor vocabulary, got difficulties in grammar, and lack of the knowledge to understanding characteristic Adjective phrases in descriptive text. The effort done by English teacher to overcome the students’ difficulties about vocabularies were the English teacher asked to the students to master vocabularies by memorizing. Before learning English, the teacher give ten vocabularies to students by memorizing. After students memorizing it, students memorize it in front of class. Then the English teacher remind and review grammar to them, then gave more examples which the near examples which the near example or familiar example with students life. Next the English teacher asked and gave exercises about adjective phrase. Then the teacher gave explanation many times about adjective phrase, so the students understood truly and always give motivation to the student s how important speech English in now a days.

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