ELLITE: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Vol 1, No 2 (2016): ELLITE

EFL Students’ Ability to Identify Singular and Plural Nouns in Paragraph

Frangky Silitong, Nurma Dhona Handayani, (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Mar 2017

Abstract

This research aims to describe the ability of students to identify singular and plural nouns in the paragraph. The researchers use random sampling techniques to collect the data. Forty students at second semester of English Department in Putera Batam University are taken as the sample. In analyzing the data, researchers classify or categorize the ability of students into six levels: excellent, very good, good, fair, poor, and very poor. Based on the test results, it can be concluded that the ability of second semester students of English Department in Putera Batam University in identifying the singular and plural nouns in a paragraph is good. The results show that three students (7.5%) are categorized as excellent, ten students or 25% are categorized as very good, eleven students (27.5%) are categorized as good, six students (15%) are categorized as fair, six students (15%) are categorized as poor and four students (10%) are categorized as very poor. Therefore, it can be concluded that the ability of students is good.Keywords: singular, plural, paragraf.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELLITE

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELLITE Journal is published twice a year in the months of May and November; it presents articles on English language, literature, and teaching. The contents include analyses, studies, research reports, application of theories, material development, and ...