An analysis on the students’ ability in understanding vocabulary at first year students of English Study Program (TBI) STAIN Padangsidimpuan

Trilanti, Trilanti (2013) An analysis on the students’ ability in understanding vocabulary at first year students of English Study Program (TBI) STAIN Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The problem on the research is that the students of the first year at TBI STAIN Padangsidinpuan did not use English well in daily life and the students did not develop four skills because the students did not understand vocabulary. The students did not have many vocabularies. The students were understood vocabulary few. The method research was 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 was purposive sampling, there were 37 students of analytical unit from 113 students at first year students of English Education Study Program (TBI) STAIN Padangsidimpuan. Collecting data, the research was done the instrument of the research such as test and interview for the students and lecturer about ability in understanding vocabulary. Data processed and analyzed was done qualitative process. Based on the result of research, researcher was found that the students’ ability in understanding vocabulary at first year students of English Study Program (TBI) STAIN Padangsidimpuan, students were lack of understanding vocabulary namely prefix, suffix, synonym, antonym, polysemy, homonym, and hyponym. It could seen from the students’ score was low (22. 5%); the students were faced in prefix, suffix, synonym, antonym, polysemy, homonym, and hyponym difficulties. The lecturer’s efforts to overcome students’ difficulties in an analysis of the students’ ability in understanding vocabulary at first year students English Education Study Program (TBI) STAIN Padangsidimpuan there were : she was explained definitions about it. She was given examples. She was given exercise about it. She was commanded the students to discussed together. Last, she was given the students motivation every learning process.

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