STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH DERIVATION

Sri Rahayu Jumiati Ningsih, Masrizal Mahmud, Rosnani Sahardin

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This study aims at identifying students’ vocabulary mastery in affixation that focusing on prefix and suffix. The population of the research was senior high school students at Lembaga Pendidikan Primagama Banda Aceh. Using descriptive quantitative method, the authors used random sampling by selecting 30 students from 227 students in class IPA 1 and IPA 2. In collecting data, the authors used a multiple choice test as the research instrument. The result showed that the students obtained low score in mastering derivation words, having the highest of 75 among all. The average score in mastering derivation words is 47.83%, while the scores in mastering prefix and suffix were 14% and 33.83% respectively. This proves that prefix is more difficult than suffix.


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vocabulary; derivation affixes; students difficulties

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