AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USING VERB 2 AND TO BE 2 IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE TO EXPRESS PAST ACTIVITIES AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

Filya, Aryani and Welya, Roza and Ernati, Ernati (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USING VERB 2 AND TO BE 2 IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCE TO EXPRESS PAST ACTIVITIES AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The objective of this research was to describe the difficulties of the first year students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in using verb 2 and to be 2 in writing simple sentence to express past activities. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was the first students at English Department of Bung Hatta University, academic year 2015/2016. The total number of the population members was 37. The researcher used total sampling to select the sample. It means all of the population were the sample members. To make the test reliable, the researcher used inter-rater technique. The result of the test was reliable. It is supported by the fact that the result of correlation of coefficient after doing the test was .96 (see Appendix 4). It was categorized as very high correlation. Then, the test was valid in term of content validity because it had covered all material which student had learnt. The data were gathered by writing sentence test given to the students. The researcher limited her research in the difficulties of the first year students at Bung Hatta University in using regular verb, irregular verb and to be 2 in writing simple sentences to express past activities especially in affirmative form. The researcher only described the difficulties found by the students (students’ scores) in doing the writing sentence test. From the result of the research, generally the researcher found out 56.76% students at English Department of Bung Hatta University in academic year 2015/2016 had difficulties in using verb 2 and to be 2 in writing simple sentence to express past activities. The researcher also found that 43.24% students had no difficulties (see Appendix 8). In using regular verb the researcher found out 56,76% had difficulties and 43.24% students had no difficulties (see Appendix 11). In using irregular verb the researcher found out 62.16% students had difficulties and 37.84% students had no difficulties (see Appendix 14). In using to be 2 the researcher found out 67.57% students had difficulties and 32.43% students had no difficulties (see Appendix 17). Based on the result above, the lecturers are suggested to minimize the students’ difficulties by giving appropriate ways. Such as by giving more explanation , motivation and conttextual example in using to be and verb 2 in writing simple sentence to express past activities. After students know their difficulties, they are suggested to find out some appropriate ways to minimize their difficulties. Such as by getting more explanation, motivation and contextual example. And to the next researcher, it is suggested to study about some factors that cause students’ difficulties in using verb 2 and to be 2 in writing simple sentence to express past activities.

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