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4.3.1 The Problem in Grammar
They made numerous serious mistakes. Those major mistakes caused difficulty in understanding their writing. There was no mastery of sentence
construction. They did not use correct prepositions or articles, either. The first problem about the grammar was that the students seldom
practiced writing in English correctly. They only wrote what they wanted to write without thinking about the rule of English grammar. The second problem that
caused bad grammar was that the teacher did not have much time to teach grammar. The teacher only taught the materials that had to be finished in the
semester. So the teacher did not really focus only on grammar. Most of the students had the same problem when they studied about
grammar. Studying grammar means studying about tenses. Most of them were still confused about tenses. They did not know what verbs they had to use, verb
one, verb two, or verb three. The other problem was about the difference between regular and irregular verbs. This fact becomes a serious problem if students and
teacher do not cooperate together to solve it, especially for the process of teaching and learning English.
4.3.2 The Problem in Vocabulary
Vocabulary is an important component when the students want to write a paragraph especially when they want to write in English. In this case they used
inappropriate synonyms that would affect the meaning of the sentence. The problem that caused their poor vocabulary was their limited vocabulary of
English. They did not know what they had to write and what words they had to
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use for an appropriate meaning in sentence. They got difficulty in choosing word of their writing. The reasons for their limited vocabulary were:
1 The Students seldom Read English Books English books have an important role in increasing English vocabulary of
students. They become the guidance for them in mastering English lessons. The more English books they read, the more vocabulary items they will get.
The result of their scores in pre-test showed that they maybe seldom read English books. Their vocabulary was very limited and the use of words for their
writing was very poor. They seldom read English books that actually could enrich their vocabulary for their English lesson.
2 The Limited Number of Dictionaries. The other reason that made the students fail in writing English was the
limited number of dictionaries. They did not have dictionaries that would help them in writing in English.
From the total number of students in the class, they were only fifty percent of students who brought dictionaries. The students who did not bring the
dictionaries become confused about what they had to write and what they had to do.
4.3.3 The Problem in Mechanics
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