Tamim, Ahmad Syukron (2022) An Analysis Of Students’ Difficulties In Understanding Gerund And Infinitive In The Article Of The Jakarta Post. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze students’ difficulties in understanding gerund and infinitive in the article of the Jakarta Post. The researcher analyzed those phenomena based on the consideration of the students’ problem in the process of pre-survey. Therefore, this research is expected to be useful in informing about students’ difficulties in understanding gerund and infinitive in a text.

The method of this research was qualitative research in the form of case study. The main source of this research was students of English education department at IAIN Metro which consists of 15 students. The researcher used observation, interview and documentation in collecting data. Observation was conducted to know the students’ difficulties in understanding gerund and infinitive in the article of the Jakarta Post. Interview was conducted to analyze the causes of students’ difficulties in understanding gerund and infinitive in the article of the Jakarta Post.

The results of the study on the students’ difficulties in understanding gerund and infinitive in the article of the Jakarta Post showed that 32% difficulties experienced when looking for sentences formed from gerund and infinitive. Meanwhile, the difficulty in identifying the function of gerund and infinitive in sentences is 68%. There are several causes why the students experienced this difficulty. The causes are the students’ understanding of gerund and infinitive material is weak and students’ lack of interest in learning grammar, especially gerund and infinitive material.

Keyword: gerund and infinitive, the article of the Jakarta post, qualitative research.

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