Journal of English Education, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2021): JEELLi

AN INVESTIGATION OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING VOCABULARY

Irma Wahyuni (STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor)
Meita Lesmiaty Khasyar (STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor)
Novia Anggraeni (STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Mar 2021

Abstract

Vocabulary is an essential building block of language and as such it makes sense to be able to measure learners’ knowledge of it. The objectives of the research is to know what are the difficulties faced by students in learning vocabulary and what are the factors that cause students’ difficulties in learning vocabulary. The objective of this research was to investigate and described the students’ difficulties in learning vocabulary. The research conducted in SMP Pesona Dywantara Distrik Bogor. The number of participants who selected by the writer are 10 eighth grade students of SMP Pesona Dywantara using purposive sampling. This research has two research questions, those are: (1) What are the difficulties faced by students in learning vocabulary? (2) What are the factors that cause students’ difficulties in learning vocabulary? The research design used in this research was descriptive qualitative because this research results the descriptive data in the form of written or picture data from the subjects of the research being observed. Based on the data analysis, the researcher found three difficulties faced by students. Those are; Spelling and pronunciation, words meaning and using words approperiately. Furthermore, the difficulties can be caused by many factors. They were afraid making mistake in producing certain word, never practice the vocabulary in daily communication or written practices and just studied the material in class and they did not learn at home.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

englishforum

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of English Education, Linguistics and Literature (JEELLi) is dedicated to all practitioner of EFL education. This Journal coverage includes experimental research, action research, qualitative research, and developmental research (model, media and learning evaluation) aimed to improve the ...