The analysis of students’ ability in mastering five tenses at grade xi in SMK Negeri i Batang Angkola Benteng Huraba

Dalimunthe, Nurmayan (2012) The analysis of students’ ability in mastering five tenses at grade xi in SMK Negeri i Batang Angkola Benteng Huraba. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research was taken based on fact of the students’ problems in mastering five tenses. The researcher identified many problems as difficult to mastery many aspects in mastering five tenses; lack of mastering formula of five tenses, verb, auxiliary verb, adverb of time, exercises, interest and support. In this research, the researcher wanted to find out about the students’ ability in mastering five tenses, the difficulties of students in mastering five tenses and the efforts of the English teachers in overcoming the difficulties of students in mastering five tenses. So the sources of the research were 30 students at grade XI in SMK Negeri 1 Batang Angkola Benteng Huraba. The instrument for collecting the data was the researcher self used the test, interview and document of students. The researcher analyzed the result of the test with mean score, reduction and display of the data with systematically and taking the verification or concluding of the research with descriptive. In this occasion, mean scores mastering of five tenses = 53.25, can be categorized in to enough category, and there were some difficulties of students in mastering five tenses were: students felt difficult in using the verb, auxiliary verb, to add suffix s/es for the third person in simple present tense and students confused to distinguish between simple past tense and present perfect tense. Further, the efforts of the English teachers in overcoming the difficulties of students in mastering five tenses were: the English teachers often repeat the lesson, gave more examples, invited the students one by one to write their example in the blackboard, learn by heart about auxiliary verb and verb (regular and irregular verb), gave chance or time for students to something left or not clear about the lesson and gave tasks for students.

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