educated programs, they are: English for children, English for teenagers, English for adults, Mandarin class, conversation, grammar, art and craft, and movie time.In
English program, there are some levels that categorize students’ knowledge about English, appropriate with the curriculum based from Singapore. The levels are: Early
1, Early 2, Pre-Beginner 1, Pre-Beginner2, Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Pre-Level 1, Pre- Level 2, Level 1-9, Step 1-6, and Conversation.
Pre-Level 1, Pre-Level 2 and Level 1 are the levels that study about demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective in those classes, the students are
commonly in 4
th
-5
th
grade of primary school.Having observed some students of My Apple, the writer found that they are confused to differentiate the types of
demonstrative sentence. As a primary school students, they also have difficulty to change the combination between the singular this or that either the plural these or
those. They are confused which one they should use. That’s why the writer describes and analyzes the students’ ability to use demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative
adjective at My Apple course.
1.2 Problem of the Study
Based on the description above, the problem of this research is stated in the formof question below:
a. To what extent are My Apple students able to use demonstrative pronoun and
demonstrative adjective? b.
What factorscan influence the students’ ability to use demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective?
1.3 Objective of the Study
The objective of this research are:
a. To find out to what extent the My Apple students able to use demonstrative
pronoun and demonstrative adjective. b.
To find out the factors that influence students’ ability to use demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective.
1.4. Scope of the Study
In writing this thesis the writerlimits the study due to time limitation and focus on the analysis of two demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective
which is based on the curriculum used by the course. The object that analyzed wasthestudentsof My Apple who are in the pre-level 1, pre-level 2 and level 1.
1.5 Significance of the Study
This research is a study on students’ ability in using demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative adjective. It has positive significance not only for the students, but
also for the English teachers in their attempts to improve their teaching and learning techniques of English grammar, especially demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative
adjective. Specifically, the significance of this study are stated as follow: a.
It is expected that the result of this research can provide some valuable and useful information about the students’ ability to use demonstrative
pronoun and demonstrative adjective for the English teachers so that the teachers can motivate their studentsmore to improve their ability in using
demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjective. b.
It is also expected that the thesis can be a reference for the other researchers who are interested to research about demonstrative pronoun
and demonstrative adjective deeply.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
