| dc.description.abstract | The difficulties in mastering English grammar occured in SMPN Darsono.
The students although had been taught English grammar along with the four language
skills and the other two language components, they still had difficulties in producing
grammatical sentences, both in oral and written forms. This research was conducted
to analyze the factors that influenced the eighth year students in mastering English
grammar because if the factors could be found, later the treatment could be given to
the students to solve their problems with English grammar. The objective of this
research was to analyze the factors that caused the eighth year students’ problem
learning English grammar at SMPN Darsono Arjasa. In this research there were two
major factors, namely internal and external factors. The internal factor consists of
three sub-factors, namely: 1) the students’ attitudes toward learning, 2) the students’
learning habit, and 3) the students’ learning motivation. There were also three sub-
factors for the external factor, namely: 1) the English teacher, 2) the school facilities,
and 3) the learning environment. The findings of this research were expected to be a
reference to overcome the eighth year students’ difficulties in learning English
grammar.
The research design of this research was a descriptive study because it was
compatible with the research objective, which was to analyze the factors that might
influence the students’ difficulties in learning English grammar. This research was
conducted at SMPN Darsono Arjasa in the 2010/2011 academic year; and it used the
Population method to determine the respondents; so the respondents of this research
were all of the eighth year students of SMPN Darsono, which that consisted of 23 students. The primary data were collected by using questionnaire; and were supported
by the secondary data which were obtained from interview and documentation.
In the case of analyzing the data, this research employed the percentage
method. From this method, it was discovered that the internal factors that influenced
the students’ difficulties in learning English grammar were: 73,9% of the students
still needed order from the English teacher to study, 56,52% of the students
sometimes took the chance to study at English course, 60,86% of the students only
studied when they had evaluation, 60,87% of the students sometimes studied in
groups, 65,22% of the students only studied when they had homework; 73,92% of the
students did not study English everyday; and 100% of them never studied at the
library or a language laboratory. Meanwhile, the external factors that influenced the
students’ difficulties in learning English grammar were: 52,17% of the students said
that their English teacher was not quite diligent to teach them, 60,87% of the students
said that their English teacher did not always come on time, 65,22% of the students
said that the English teacher did not teach them based on the schedule, 100% of the
students said that their school did not have a library, a language laboratory, and
supporting English books, 87% of the students did not have the English facility at
home, 87% of them sometimes communicated in English with their English teacher,
91,3% of them never used English to communicate with their friends, 100% of them
said that they never asked their parents when they had problems with English
grammar, 100% of their parents never accompanied them to study, 100% of them
never used English to communicate with their parents, 100% of them said that there
was not any English club around their environment, and 100% of them said that they
never asked their friends if they had difficulties in learning English grammar. | en_US |
