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STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING RESTRICTIVE AND NON-RESTRICTIVE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG Metri Wiliardi; Jufrizal Jufrizal; Fitrawati Fitrawati
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (730.829 KB) | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v7i1.8954

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Adjective clause is a clause that modifies noun or noun phrase. It is important to be mastered because it is known for its usefulness, complex structures and grammatical importance. Unfortunately, many students found it difficult to construct correct adjective clauses. Students did not know the concept, function of relative pronoun and the use of adjective clause. Furthermore, students also ignored in the use of comma as giving additional information to the meaning of the sentence.This study is aimed to describe and analyze second year students’ grammatical achievements in constructing restrictive and non-restrictive adjective clause. There were 30 students from K1,K2,K3,K4,NK1,NK2 as the research samples. Proportionate stratified random sampling was used as the sampling technique to collect the data. This descriptive study used grammar test as the research instrument; 9 items were for restrictive and 9 items were for non-restrictive. The findings were students’ grammatical achievement in constructing restrictive were poor (47,02%) and students’ grammatical achievement in constructing non-restrictive were very poor (39,25%).
AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES IN ANSWERING STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION OF TOEFL MADE BY ENGLISH STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG Titin Hajri; Jufrizal Jufrizal; Delvi Wahyuni
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

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This study investigated the students’ difficulties in answering structure and written expression of TOEFL by last year English department students of Universitas Negeri Padang. The aims of this study were to find the students’ difficulties in answering structure and written expression of TOEFL and to find the reasons or causes of the students’ mistakes. The participants of this study were 25 students. This descriptive study used two instruments in the research; structure sub-test and interview. This study used proportional stratified sampling to choose the sample. The study found that the last year English students of Universitas Negeri Padang had problems in 11 items among 18 items assessed. There were three 3 the most difficult items; negation, reduced form, and parallel structure items. The reasons behind the students’ mistakes were ignorance, careless, dubious, oblivious and miscast. The first two reasons were the biggest causes of students’ mistakes.
The Level of Code Switching Employed by English Education Department Students: A Study on Speaking Skill at Proposal Seminar Presentation Finessa Salsabila; Jufrizal Jufrizal
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 11, No 3 (2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v11i3.118716

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This study aims to analyze the level of code-switching employed by English education students based on how often code-switching employs in proposal seminar discussions. This research also finds out the type of code-switching students employ most often. The researcher observed and analyzed video recordings by students through zoom meeting recordings during the proposal seminar discussion session. The researcher uses descriptive-quantitative to determine and measure the frequency level of how often students use code-switching. The research subjects in this study were English education students who recorded videos starting from the proposal seminar discussion session. The results showed that students who conducted a proposal seminar in April employed code switching during discussion sessions. The most frequently employed types are intra-sentential, inter-sentential, and extra-sentential. The level of student code-switching is at low and very low levels, but students often use Indonesian during the proposal seminar discussion session instead of using English. It shows that the students' speaking ability is still very limited using English.
An Analysis of Difficulties in Using Quantifier Faced by the Eight Grade Students at SMP Angkasa Lanud Padang in The Academic Year 2022/2023 Rita Nurmansyah; Jufrizal Jufrizal
Journal of English Language Teaching Vol 12, No 4 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24036/jelt.v12i4.125223

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This research is aimed to find out the eighth-grade students’ difficulties in using quantifiers and  to find out the factors that cause the students’ difficulties. This research used a mixed-method research design. The instruments of this research are multiple-choice test and  interview. In this research there were 25 students at the eight one class students and also the English teacher of SMP Angkasa Lanud Padang as the  sample. The techniques of collecting the data were test with 40 questions and interview with 6 questions. The findings of the research show that all students are categorized as failing. There are three difficulties faced by the students; difficulty remembering and using the quantifier appropriately, difficulty in understanding the countable and uncountable noun word, difficulty remembering the vocabularies. There are some factors that cause the students’ difficulties in using quantifiers were classified into two categories. First, the cause of students’ difficulties related to the learning process, are two factors; the teacher explained the material too quickly and sometimes the teacher's method of teaching was boring. Second, the factors that cause students’ difficulties related to students, there are three factors; lack of vocabularies, lack of motivation, carelessness. This research is expected useful for the English language teaching and learning process at SMP Angkasa Lanud Padang.