An analysis on students’ word formation at the fifth semester TBI IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

Pohan, Herlinda (2015) An analysis on students’ word formation at the fifth semester TBI IAIN Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The problem on the research is the students of the fifth semester TBI IAIN Padangsidinpuan do not use English well daily life and students do not develop the four skills because they are lack of vocabulary and find difficulties in new word mastery, also they do not understand about word function . The method research is done with descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. Descriptive research involves collecting data in order to answer questions about the opinions of people about some topic or issue and descriptive research also called survey research. The source of the data is purposive sampling, there are 30 students from 90 students at thefifth semester students of English Education Study Program (TBI) IAIN Padangsidimpuan. Collecting data, the research is done the instrument of the research such as observation, test and interview for the students and lecturer about students’ of word formation especially in suffix. Data processed and analyzed is done qualitative process. Based on the result of research, researcher is found that the students’of word formation especially at fifth semester students of English Study Program (TBI) IAIN Padangsidimpuan, students’ are lack in word formation, especially in suffix, how to noun forming, verb forming, adjective forming, and adverb forming. It could seen from the students’ score are enough categories (47,58%); The difficulties of the students’ in word formation is the students’ difficulties to memorize meaning of suffix, kinds of suffix, that is how to change word function. Like as, how to change noun be adjective, adjective be adverb etc. Besides, students are lazy to practice about suffix. And they don’t applicate their knowledge in habitually. The lecturer’s efforts to overcome students’ difficulties in an analysis on students’ word formation at the fifth semester TBI IAIN padangsidimpuan there are : Explaining theoretical about suffix, Giving photocopy and exercise about suffix. Commanding students to read dictionary. Asking students to memorize kinds of suffix. Ordering students to search learning suffix directly from internet. Finally, motivating students in learning process.

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