AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY : A CASE STUDY AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 21 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

AMALIAH, ANNISA RIZKI (2018) AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY : A CASE STUDY AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 21 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

This study was aimed to analyze (1) the students’ vocabulary mastery in English, and (2) the difficulties faced by the students in learning vocabulary. This study was conducted on 10-26 of October 2018 in SMPN 21 Mataram in academic year 2018/2019. The subject of this study was the seventh grade students of SMPN 21 Mataram, and the participants consisted of 54 students as a sample, in which the data was analyzed with quantitative and qualitative method. This study used standard score derived from Rachmadi in Anton (1984:11) categorizing the score between 80 – 100 as excellent, 60 – 79 as good, 50 – 59 as fair, and 0 – 49 as poor. The instruments which were used were a test (multiple choice) and open-ended questionnaire, and they were submitted in form of documentation. In the test, the students were asked to answerthe questions in a multiple choice. Meanwhile, data from open-ended questionnairewas used to obtain the difficulties faced by the students. The students’ difficulties in mastering vocabulary were derived from Thornbury (2004:27), namely pronunciation, spelling, length of complexity, and meaning. They were analyzed quantively and qualitatively afterwards. From the analysis, it was found that the highest score was 76, and the lowest score was 23. The average of all the students’ vocabulary mastery was 58,74 of 3,172 total scores. In details, there were 32 students categorized as a good level, 16 students categorized as a fair level, 6 students categorized as a poor level, and no students reached an excellent level. These levels indicated that 32 students got an upper average (good), and 22 students got a lower average (fair and poor). The students’ ability in vocabulary mastery obtained from the 32 students (good level) indicated 59.25%categorized as a fair level. Meanwhile, the difficulties faced by the students indicated that (1) the written form was different from the spoken form in English, (2) lack of the number of words that students need to learn was exceedingly large, (3) the limitations of sources of information about words, (4) the complexity of word knowledge, and (5) lack of understanding of grammatical of the wordsas the consequence of the students’ lack of facilities and interest to improve their English.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): Vocabulary, Vocabulary Mastery, Analysis
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Saprudin Saprudin
Date Deposited: 10 Dec 2018 04:53
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2018 04:53
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/11191

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