A study on the students' ability in using articles at grade VIII MTS Purbaganal Sosopan

Harahap, Mariati (2012) A study on the students' ability in using articles at grade VIII MTS Purbaganal Sosopan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The aims of the research were to know the students' ability in using articles at grade VIII MTs Purbaganal Sosopan, to find out the diffrculties of grade VIII students of MTs Purbaganal Sosopan and to know the English teacher' efforts in overcoming students' difficulties in using articles. The research was conducted with descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. There were 36 students as sample from 103 students of grade VIII students of MTs Purbaganal Sosopan. There were 3 instruments in collecting data: test, interview, and observation. Data was processed and analyzed with qualitative process. Based on the result of research, researcher found that the students' ability in using articles at grade VIII MTs Purbaganal Sosopan was enough (55, 13%) and those were the students' difliculties of grade VIII MTs Purbaganal Sosopan in using articles: student felt difficult in using indefinite articles, students felt difficult in selection o or on and students felt diffrcult in vocabulary. The efforts done by English teacher to overcome the students' difficulties were, to overcoming students' diffrculties in using indefinite articles, the English teachers repeat the lesson and give students more examples which are familiar with students' lives. To overcoming the students' difficulties in selection a or an, the English teachers effort to explained about vowel and consonant sound of the words. Then, the English teacher ordered the students to practice of pronunciations the words. The students difficulties about vocabularies, the English teacher used efforts to make students were easy to memorize the word.

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