AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENT‟S ABILITY TO COMPREHEND COMPLEX SENTENCE AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

Rani, Fadila and Khairul, Harha and Adzanil, Prima Septy (2017) AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENT‟S ABILITY TO COMPREHEND COMPLEX SENTENCE AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

This research was aimed to describe the second year students‟ ability to comprehend complex sentence at English Department of Bung Hatta University. Specifically, it aimed at describing the students‟ ability in comprehending the more important idea in complex sentence, the less important idea in complex sentence, identifying the kinds of subordinating conjunction in complex sentence, and the functions of subordinate clause in complex sentence. The design of this research was descriptive design. The population of this research was the second year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University who are registered in academic year 2016/2017. The number of the population was 31 students, but there were 5 students who did not participated in this research because they were absent when the researcher did her research. In selecting the sample, the researcher used total sampling technique. The number of the sample was 26 students. The result of the data analysis showed that students‟ ability in comprehending complex sentence was classified into low ability. It was proved by the fact that there were 15 out 26 students (57.69%) had low ability (see Appendix 5). Specifically, students‟ ability in comprehending the more important idea in complex sentence was classified into high ability (61.54%) (see Appendix 7). Students‟ ability in comprehending the less important idea in complex sentence was low (46.15%) (see Appendix 9). In identifying the kind of subordinate clause in complex sentence, the students also had low ability (46.15%) (see Appendix 11). Students‟ ability in identifying the functions of subordinate clause in complex sentence was low. It was proved by the fact that there were 26 out of 26 students had low ability (100%) (see Appendix 13). Based on the result of this study, the lecturers are suggested to give more explanation about complex sentence, focusing on the more important idea in complex sentence, the less important idea in complex sentence, the kinds of subordinate clause, and also the functions of subordinate clause in complex sentence. They are also suggested to give more exercises to analyze complex sentence to the students. The students should study more to increase their ability in comprehending complex sentence. The researcher suggests further researchers to conduct a research dealing with another aspect of complex sentence, and hopefully this research could help them in conducting their research.

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