A Study on Students' Difficulties in Learning Vocabularies at Seventh Grade of MTsN 8 Banyuwangi

Fais, Ika Nur (2022) A Study on Students' Difficulties in Learning Vocabularies at Seventh Grade of MTsN 8 Banyuwangi. Undergraduate thesis, UIN KH. Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Ika Nur Fais, 2022: A Study on Students’ Difficulties in Learning Vocabularies at
seventh grade of MTSN 8 Banyuwangi.
Key Words: Students’ Difficulties, Vocabulary.
Vocabulary is one of the most important things in learning English. It has
an important role in the success of foreign language learners. Adequate
vocabulary will help students in mastering four skills in English which cover
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students struggled to communicate
effectively in a foreign language if they lack vocabulary. However, there were
certain challenges that students experienced when acquiring vocabulary, including
poor pronuncation, inappropriate word usage, and understanding word meanings.
As a result, the researcher was motivated to carry out a research on the issues that
students face and strategy they employ to solve them.
There were two research questions in this research, those were: 1) What
are the difficulties faced by students at the seventh grade of MTSN 8 Banyuwangi
in learning vocabulary 2) What are the strategies used by English teacher to
overcome the students vocabulary difficulties at seventh grade of MTSN 8
Banyuwangi?. The objectives of this research were to identify students’ difficulty
in learning vocabulary and the strategies used by English teacher to overcome the
students in vocabulary.
This research employed a descriptive qualitative as research method that
focused on the difficulties vocabulary encountered in MtsN 8 Banyuwangi. The
subject of this research was the seventh-grade students at MtsN 8 Banyuwangi.
For gathering the data, the researcher used interview, observation, and document
review. All the data were analyzed descriptively.
The finding of the research revealed that students experienced some
difficulties in learning vocabularyy namely pronunciation, spelling, meaning, and
grammar. Morever, they employed some strategies in solving those problems such
as developing students’ skills and strategies, give examples,presenting-practicingrevising
vocabulary, and translation.

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