Abstract
The research is entitled “students’ mastery of parts of speech (noun, pronoun, and verb) in English writing. The purposes of this research are (1) to find out the students’ mastery of parts of speech (noun, pronoun and verb), (2) to find out the most and least understood parts of speech among noun, pronoun and verb often found in English writing, (3) to find out the common problems faced by the students,(4). To find out workable solutions to these problems so as to increase the students’ mastery in using parts of speech (noun, pronoun and verb) in English writing. The data collections are done by giving questionnaire, test in completion item and simple English writing. The conclusion of this research are: (1) the students’ mastery of parts of speech is fair (60,30), (2) the most understood parts of speech is Noun (21,66% error) and the least understood parts of speech is Verb (49,46% error), (3) common problems happened in constructing countable and uncountable noun, using possessive pronoun and pronoun function as object, and using full verb and to be in constructing continuous and future tense. (4) The workable solutions that can be used are by using game, and quiz.
Highlights
IntroductionPeople use language to state or express their feeling about certain things and to communicate each other
Background of the studyLanguage is one of the instruments to communicate
(4) The workable solutions that can be used are by using game, and quiz
Summary
People use language to state or express their feeling about certain things and to communicate each other. Webster Collegiate Dictionary in Alwasilah (1993) describes language as a systematic means of communicating ideas or feeling by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures or marks, which have meanings understood by the communicators. Language serves as a means of communication that used to convey and express ideas, thought, wishes, feeling used by human being through communication. In learning English, there are four basic skills. The four skills are related each other (Conkey, 1987) By mastering those skills, people will be able to communicate and interact well with the other people. People will be able to communicate and interact well with the other people It will be beneficial if they master the other three elements of language i.e. structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary
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