IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite

A Study on the Difficulties and Factors Affecting the Third Year Students in Enlarging Vocabulary at Senior High School

shabrina, Shabrina (Unknown)
Dahnilsyah, Dahnilsyah (Unknown)
Syarfi, Muhammad (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2024

Abstract

Vocabulary is a key when people learning English. The abilities of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the target language may be impacted by a lack of vocabulary knowledge. This study aims to discover the difficulties and factors faced in enlarging vocabulary by the third grade students of SMAS IT Mutiara, Duri. The research design was descriptive, and selected using cluster sampling. The samples of this research were 34 students of 185 students at the third grade students of SMAS IT Mutiara. The research instrument of this study were vocabulary difficulty test and questionnaire. The research findings revealed that the percentage of the students’ difficulties in enlarging vocabulary of meaning was (67,56%), antonym was (74,70%), synonym (72,64%), prefixes was (68,52%), and suffixes was (66,46). So, the dominant difficulty in enlarging vocabulary at the third grade of SMAS IT Mutiara, Duri was suffixes.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ideas

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...