STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN FACING ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST: A CASE STUDY AT SMKN 1 NARMADA

WIRESTI, NI WAYAN SATYA AYU (2018) STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN FACING ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST: A CASE STUDY AT SMKN 1 NARMADA. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

This study entitled ‘Students’ Difficulties in Facing English Written Test: A Case Study at SMKN 1 Narmada’ is aimed to analyze the students’ difficulties in completing an English written test and also find out the factors that contribute to the difficulties that the students faced. The sample of this study was class XII ADM (A) in academic year 2018/2019 which consist of 30 students. The writer used questionnaire and interview as the instruments to collect the data. The data analyzed using index formulation. The calculated data which has more than 50% of the respondent’s response is considered as the findings. From the result, it was found that the difficulties faced by the students in completing an English written test are 59.99% of the students found it difficult to answer multiple choice, 53.32% of them found cloze is difficult, and 56.66% of the students cannot decide the topic to use when answering essay question and cannot write their thought into the paper properly. According to the findings, the factors that contribute to the difficulties faced by the students in completing an English written test are devided into internal factor and external factor. The external factors are 1) the students’ educational background and 2) the demand of the curriculum and 3) the negative washback effect. The internal factors are 1) the students’ negative attitude toward English, 2) the student reliance on their mother tongue, 3) the lack of vocabulary, and 4) the lack of English learning resources.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): difficulties, English written test
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Saprudin Saprudin
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2018 01:33
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2018 01:33
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/10579

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