This study aims to find out the difficulties students face in learning English linking verbs, only focus on linguistic problems such as factors and causes that make it difficult for students to use linking verbs. It can be concluded that the difficulties encountered by the first grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Makassar in learning English verbs can be reduced and the understanding of that material can be improved. To make students more interested in learning verbs, students should know the importance of learning linking verbs. Al-Mekhlafi and Nagaratman (2011:14) say that teaching grammar in educational institutions is the most difficult skill to teach and the most boring skill to learn.
There is a link between a student's native language and particular difficulties in learning and using English. The type of mistakes a learner typically makes in English pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary because there is interference from the native language in learning and using English. Actually, linking verbs is a common verb in a specific classification, but most of the high school students are difficult to analyze it in a sentence.
The author has observed students in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Makassar and aimed to discover that most students have difficulties in learning English grammar, especially in learning English conjugation verbs. So that, because the writer wants to investigate the difficulties faced by the second year students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Makassar in learning English conjugation verb.
Problem Statement
Moreover, based on the writer's experience during practice 3 at SMP Negeri 1 Sunguminasa, the writer found that school students find it difficult to analyze it in one sentence. On the other hand, previous research focused on grammatical interventions from Indonesia in English translation.
Objective of the Study
Significance of The Study
Scope of The Study
Action and Linking Verb
Young (2014), An action verb is a verb that tells what action someone is performing from something. To determine whether a verb is being used as a linking verb or as an action verb, replace the verb with the correct be form. If the replaced verb makes sense as it connects two words, then the original verb is a linking verb.
There is no noun or adjective to link the 'monkey'. 'watched' is an action verb in this sentence). In this sense 'tasted' is an action because the subject is trying to taste the soup). He got tired of walking. van loop” is a prepositional phrase and not included in the check.
There is no noun or adjective left to link to, so grow is used as an action verb in this sentence). There is no noun or adjective to link mother to, so appear is used as an action verb).. no) Describe the verb loudly.
Definition of Difficulties
According to the above view, a problem is an abstract concept that has been imprinted on our memory. Students are known to struggle with writing when practicing writing on paper. A linking verb is one of the parts we learn in grammar and consists of two types, linking the verb to be and not to be.
The purpose of this research is that the researcher wants to find out the problems that students face in learning linking verbs, so the researcher will now the problems in linguistic. This research was descriptive research, which aimed to describe the student's problems in learning English linking verb. To obtain the data, the researcher used direct observation method to see and describe the objective of the researcher to research about linking verb.
All the data will be processed after the students have given their answers in the Google form.
Population and Sample 1. Population
Variables
Research Instrument
Statements
Data Collection Procedure
Technique of Data Analysis
Narimawati (2007) Each item of the questionnaire statement on students' difficulties in learning linking verbs in English. In this chapter, the researcher wants to analyze the data that has been collected from the observation before. It is about the students' difficulties in learning English linking verbs in the first year students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Makassar.
FINDINGS
The questionnaires were distributed in the academic year 2020/2021 to the first grade students of VII A SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Makassar as a sample consisting of 12 items.
Students’ opinion about the difficulty to identify to be and non – to
The researcher used the formula P = Fx100/N when F is the frequency of points with 20 points is about filling in the blanks, 10 points is about identifying connecting verbs in sentences. Students' opinion on the difficulty of identifying being and not-being as linking verbs in sentence.
Students’ opinion about they were easy to differentiate linking verbs in present and past form
Students’ opinion about they were difficult in understanding linking verbs caused by the first language influence
Students’ opinion about they were easy in translating sentences, which were linking verbs changed
Students’ opinion about they were difficult in understanding the meaning of linking verb caused their lack of vocabulary
Students’ opinion about the difficulties differentiate noun, adjective, adverb after linking verbs in sentence
Students’ opinion about they were easy to differentiate ten linking verbs in sentence
Students’ opinion about difficult in understanding linking verbs was caused students dislike learning English
Fx100/N, when F is the frequency of the elements, 20 elements are for filling in the blanks, 10 elements are for recognizing linking verbs in sentences.
Students’ opinion about that easy to identify and differentiate action verbs and linking verbs in sentences
Students’ opinion about difficult in understanding linking verb caused did not interest in learning grammar
Students’ opinion about they were easy to differentiate sentences, which were using and not using linking verbs
- Discussions
- Suggestions
The second point is about the students' opinion about easily differentiating linking verbs in present tense and past form showed that 2 students strongly agree, 1 agree, 10 undecided, 12 disagree and 5 students strongly disagree. The fourth point is about the students' difficulty in understanding linking verbs caused by the influence of the first language. It concluded that students had difficulty understanding linking verbs caused by the influence of the first language.
The fifth item, students' opinion about easy in the translation sentence, which were linking verbs, changed. It concluded that the students lacked vocabulary, so they had difficulty understanding linking verbs. The seventh item, students' opinion about them was difficult to distinguish noun, adjective, adverb after connecting verbs in sentence.
It found that the students had difficulty distinguishing noun, adjective, adverb after linking verbs. The eight items approximate the students' opinion that they could easily distinguish ten linking verbs in a sentence. This means that the students had difficulty distinguishing the ten linking verbs in the sentence.
The eleventh item concerns the opinion of students that it is difficult to understand linking verbs because they dislike learning English. The tenth item is about students' opinion that they could easily identify and distinguish action verbs and linking verbs in the sentence. It means that most of the students had difficulty identifying and distinguishing action verbs and linking verbs in a sentence.
It concluded that students had difficulty understanding linking verbs caused by disinterest in learning grammar. The twelfth point is about the students' opinion that it was easy for them to distinguish between sentences that used and did not use linking verbs. This means that students found it difficult to distinguish between sentences that used and did not use linking verbs.
APPENDIXES
Fair Fair Fair Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor Very poor. Toets ini sikkei iuntuk mengethait sampaan dan faktor yang langube anda dalam delinmaan English linking verbs. Underline the verb in each sentence and identify whether it is a linking verb (LV) or an action verb (AV).
Kuesioner ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesulitan dan faktor yang menghambat Anda dalam mempelajari linking verbs bahasa Inggris. Oleh karena itu, Anda diminta untuk memberikan jawaban sejujur mungkin agar tercapai hasil yang maksimal. 1 Saya kesulitan mengidentifikasi to be dan not to be yang berfungsi sebagai kata kerja penghubung dalam kalimat.
3 Saya dapat dengan mudah membedakan kata kerja penghubung be sebagai kata kerja bantu dan kata kerja utama dalam sebuah kalimat. 6 Saya kesulitan memahami arti kata yang termasuk dalam linking verb karena kosakata bahasa Inggris saya kurang. 9 Saya kesulitan menghubungkan materi kata kerja karena saya tidak suka belajar bahasa Inggris 10 Saya dapat mengidentifikasi dengan mudah.
11 Saya kesulitan memahami kata kerja penghubung karena saya tidak tertarik dengan materi tata bahasa 12 Saya dapat dengan mudah membedakannya.
