Students’ Ability in phrasal verbs at the Second Semester of Intensive Language Program in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan

Siregar, Asmida Yanti (2022) Students’ Ability in phrasal verbs at the Second Semester of Intensive Language Program in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

Ability is the capacity of power to do something physically or mentally. Phrasal verb is a combination of verb and preposition or adverb or both. Phrasal verb is one of the ways to increase vocabulary mastery. Phrasal verbs also often found in TOEFL test. Moreover, native speakers use phrasal verbs in formal situation. So, phrasal verbs are crucial to carry out. The goals of the research were to know the category and students’ ability in phrasal verbs at the second semester of Intensive Language Program in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan. The researcher investigated that the second semester students of Intensive Language Program in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan lack of vocabulary. The students prefer using common vocabulary to phrasal verbs. They do not know the meaning, how to use and distinguish separable and inseparable phrasal verbs. This research was done in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan. The kind of this research is quantitative research, especially descriptive quantitative approach. The instrument of collecting the data was test that consisted of 25 questions in matching items. The participants of this research consisted of 24 students that chosen randomly in Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty. After doing the research to the students at the second semester of Intensive Language Program in UIN Syahada Padangsidimpuan, it can be inferred that they were in good level regarding the phrasal verbs. It is found that most of the students got score in good category. The mean score was 79.83. The best of students’ ability was in matching the phrasal verbs into its meaning and distinguishing separable and inseparable phrasal verbs.

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