The ability of the students in conditional sentences at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak

Siagian, Nurlia Sari (2012) The ability of the students in conditional sentences at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The aims of research were to know the ability of the students in conditional sentences at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak, the difficulties of students in using conditional sentences at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak and the efforts of English teacher in overcoming the difficulties at SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. The research was conducted with descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. There were 39 students from 209 students at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak. In collecting data, the research used the instrument of the research are test for students, the test consist of 40 items. and interview and observation for the English teacher and head master. Based on the result of research, researcher found that the ability of second year students at SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak in conditional sentences was low (34,55%). The students’were difficult in forming auxiliary of the sentence especially in tenses. Some of them didn’t know to differentiate type 2 and type 3 in conditional sentences. The students had poor vocabulary and then students were difficult to differentiate dependent clause and independent clause. The efforts done by English teacher to overcoming the students’ difficulties of the ability in conditional sentences at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Padang Bolak: the English teachers often repeat the lesson and give more examples that related with the experiences of students; English teacher invited the students one by one write the their example in the blackboard; before the English teacher gave the new lesson, the English teacher invited the students to learn by heart about verb and auxiliary, the English teacher gave task for students.

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