STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING PASSIVE VOICE: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF SMPN 1 TAROKAN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017


Author (Penulis)

RIFQI FAIZATUL ULFA
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

13.1.01.08.0081

Abstract

Grammar is a set of rules which specify all the possible grammatical structures of language. Grammar plays important role in constructing English sentence as there kinds of: grammatical or well-formed sentences and ungrammatical sentences. In this research the researcher focused on analyzing passive voice because the application of passive voice has been spread in many areas such as inserted in some texts like narrative and recount text. Here, the researcher conducted this research in purpose to identify the students’ difficulties in learning passive voice. In order to reach the objectives of the research, the approach of the research used is qualitative research and the method is case study design. The subject of the research is the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Tarokan. The instruments used in the research are: observation, interview, and test. Then, there are three stages in analysing the data which consist of data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The result of this research showed that many students still faced some difficulties in passive voice especially in certain parts which are: the incorrect use of be, incorrect form of verb, misordering of sentence, and misinformation of tenses.

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PUBLISHED

2018-02-19

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

Vol. 02 No. 08 Tahun 2018

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