The students’ ability in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text at eight semester of English Department IAIN Padangsidimpuan in 2019/2020 academic year
| Main Author: | Nasution, Yunma Hadaya |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
http://etd.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/1005/1/15%20203%2000012.pdf http://etd.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/1005/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research discussed about the students’ ability in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text at eight semester of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan. The problems of students were: 1) the students are lack of vocabulary. 2) the students are lack of motivation in learning Morphology. 3) the students are confused about derivation. 4) the students have difficulty in differentiating between free morphemes and affixation. This aimed to examine how the students’ ability in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text. The researcher applied descriptive research quantitative approach. Random sampling was used in sampling technique. The sample of research was 36 students of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan. The researcher provided the objective test to the respondents to collect the data. To analyze the data, the researcher used descriptive statistical formula such as, mean score, modus and median. To test the hypothesis, the researcher used Ztest formula. The researcher found that mean score of students’ ability in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text is 53.3. Furthermore, the score of Zcount is 5.71 whereas Ztable is 0.1736. The result showed Zcount > Ztable, Zcount is bigger than Ztable. In the other word the hypothesis that the ability of the students in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text is categorized into high categories was rejected. It was also concluded that the students’ ability in identifying derivational affixes in discussion text at eight semester of English Department IAIN Padangsidimpuan in 2019/2020 academic year is categorized into enough categories.