A Study On The Ability In Using Countable And Uncountable Nouns Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019

KURNIASIH, Elisa (2019) A Study On The Ability In Using Countable And Uncountable Nouns Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

The statements of the problem are formulated as follows: 1) Are the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 able to use countable and uncountable nouns? (2) What is the ability level of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 in using countable and uncountable nouns? (3) What kinds of grammatical mistakes that might be committed by the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 in using countable and uncountable nouns? The writer used descriptive method. The data were obtained through test. For this reason, a number of tests were prepared in written form. The scope of this study is countable and uncountable nouns but the writer only used singular and plural countable nouns and singular uncountable nouns. The subject of this study are 28 students of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019. The activity of analyzing the data goes to finding as the conclusion of this study. (1) The eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 were able to use countable nouns particularly in singular and plural form and uncountable nouns particularly in singular form. (2) The ability level as a class of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 in using countable and uncountable nouns is 7.06. It is classified as fairly good based on the standard of measurement applied. (3) Kinds of grammatical mistakes faced by the students in all countable and uncountable nouns includes in the test. The students’ areas of grammatical mistakes in using countable and uncountable nouns from the lowest to the highest are: singular countable nouns aspect with 49 (19.2%) mistakes, singular uncountable nouns aspect with 93 (36.5%) mistakes and plural uncountable nouns aspect with 113 (44.3%) mistakes. Based on the finding and conclusion some suggestions are offered to the teacher of English, the students of English and other researchers. The teachers of English, especially those teaching at the researched school are suggested to improve the students’ ability in using countable and uncountable nouns, the writer would like to suggest that the teacher of English should give the students more explanation and practices about countable and uncountable nouns. For the students in general and the students of SMP Negeri 5 Kupang in particular should do more exercises about the used of countable and uncountable nouns. The practice can be done in the classroom or at home by doing the homework.

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