A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE MASTERY OF TAG
QUESTION IN THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 GUBUG PURWODADI IN 2008/20099
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
By
NUR RACHMAWATI A 320040183
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
English as a foreign language becomes a compulsory subject in secondary school in Indonesia. English is the most widely spoken language used in the biggest part of the world for communication among people. Therefore, it is very important for Indonesian people to learn this language. In Indonesia, English is the first foreign language. Learning is very important to absurd and develop science, technology, art, and culture, beside for developing relationship between another countries (The Decree of Minister of Education and Culture No.060/u/1991).
Furthermore, in the decree of minister of education and culture no. 0601/U/1993 it is stated that English may be given the elementary school student as a local content. But in junior high school and senior high school, it is taught as a compulsory subject. It is aimed at emphasizing the importance of English. It means that the students are demanded to be able to use English to fulfill their daily need such as for reading the newspaper and communicating both spoken and written for solving their life problem.
Therefore, the students face difficulties to learn it. One of aspect that makes it difficult to learn is its elements. And one of the elements is the grammar; it is different from the Indonesian grammar. Grammar is one of the essentials English language elements needed to master all of the language skills as stayed by James (1998:64).
One of the grammar elements is “Tag Question”. It is taught to the third year students of junior high school. The statement of tag question in Indonesia is very common, that is “ya, kan” or “ya, bukan” and this statement often happens in daily communication among human activities. “Tag question is a simple question about the statement which is made in order that people agree with that statement” (Lado, 1990:102).While tag question is a question which contains a statement and it is ended with tag (ekor) and it is translated with “bukan”? In bahasa Indonesia (Gito Sugiono, 1993:54). Tag question is often used when we speak. They are formed with special finites (Alter, 1991:137).
B. Problem of the Study
The problems that are discussed in this study are:
1. How is the mastery of tag question for the third year students of SMP N 1 Gubug purwodadi in 2008/2009?
2. What are the most difficulties made by the students in learning of tag question?
C. Objective of the Study This study aims to:
1. To know the student extent mastery tag question of the third year of SMP N 1 Gubug Purwodadi in 2008/2009.
2. To find out the most difficulties made by the students to master tag question.
D. Benefits of the Study
The writer hopes that there will be two benefits of the study: 1. Theoretical benefit
The writer hopes that the result of the study will be useful to give practical experience and knowledge.
2. Practical benefit
b. The writer hopes that reader’s can get insight to conduct a further study.
c. The writer hopes that the students will understand and realize their weakness in using tag question.
d. The writer hopes the students can express themselves in better way both in spoken and written English.
E. Research Paper Organization
The research paper organization consists of five chapters:
Chapter I is introduction. In this chapter the writer presents background of the study, problem of the study, objective of the study, benefit of the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is review of related theories. In this chapter the write presents previous study, underlying theory. In underlying theory consists of: notion of mastery, explanation about tag question (definition of tag question, how to use tag question, and intonation).
Chapter III is research method. In this chapter the writer presents type of the study, subject of the study, object of the study, place of research, technique of collecting data, and technique analyzing data.
Chapter IV is research finding and discussion. In this chapter the writer presents research finding and discussion.
