The Analysis of the Students’ Ability in Using Question Tags at the Eleventh Grade of SMK YayasanPendidikan Pembangunan (YPP)Purworejo in the Academic year of 2016/2017

Abstract

Grammar is a basic knowledge of English language and an important component for the students to be mastered. One of the grammar topics that should be learnt is question tag. Question tag is a short question that is often used in a daily conversation to clarify or to confirm information from others. Therefore, the researcher is interested to conduct the research about the students’ ability in using question tags. The type of this research is a descriptive qualitative research. The subject is the eleventh grade students of SMK YayasanPendidikan Pembangunan (YPP) Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017 that consists of 46 students. The objectives are to know the students’ ability in using question tags and to identify the possible factors affecting their ability in using question tags. To collect the data, the researcher uses test and questionnaire. The test aims to know the students’ ability in using question tags, while the questionnaire aims to identify the possible factors affecting the students’ ability in using question tags. The test result shows that the mean of the students’ score is 67.82. It means that the students’ ability in using question tags belongs to good category. From the data, it can be known that there are 8 students (17.40%) categorized very good, 26 students (56.52%) categorized good, 10 students (21.74%) categorized sufficient, and 2 students (4.34%) categorized poor. Moreover, the result of the questionnaire shows that the students’ ability in using question tags is affected by some factors. They are (1) teacher role in the class, (2) students’ attitude toward the material, (3) students’ motivation, (4) process of learning and teaching in the classroom, and (5) the English textbook used.