THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING ADJECTIVE CLAUSE AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMA N I MIRIT KEBUMEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

Grammar is an important part to be learnt in the process of acquiring language in order to help someone to use the language grammatically and meaningfully. Many students consider that grammar is more difficult than other skills. Grammar has a lot of element; one of them is Adjective Clause. Adjective Clause is one of component of grammar and one of topic which is taught in Senior High School. Moreover , it is very important for the students to be able express and understand about adjective clause. This thesis is intended to know whether the students get difficulties in learning adjective clause or not. It is also to know the students’ difficulties and its causes in learning adjective clause. In this study, the researcher uses descriptive qualitative method. She uses human instrument as the main instrument. She uses test and questionnaire as the supporting instruments to collect the data. The subject of this study is the eleventh grade of SMA N I Mirit Kebumen in the academic year of 2012/2013. She takes 28 students as the sample of the study. According the data of the test result, most of students get difficulties in learning adjective clause. it is obtained that there are 100% students who had difficulties at the word order adjective clause, 85,71% students who confused in using between which, whose, and that, 75,57% students who confused in using between who and whom, 71,42% students who confused in using between when and where, and 53, 57% students who not familiar all about adjective clause It means that the most of students have difficulties in learning adjective clause. Based on the finding of this research, it can be concluded that the eleventh grade students’ of SMA N I Mirit have more difficulties in the word order and usage adjective clause. It is because lack of understanding about how to ordering word adjective clause and lack of knowledge about adjective clause.