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- She could spoke English well, and soon
In this case, the writer is interested to analyze the student’s difficulty in
learning some modal auxiliaries entitled “ Analysis on students’ difficulties in learning Modal Auxiliaries
‘CAN’ and ‘COULD’ “ A case Study At the Second Year Students of Mts Muhammadiyah 1 Ciputat. It is because there
are many students who still face difficulty in understanding the meaning, theory
cal and the form of modal Auxiliaries. By observing the student’s difficulties, the writer tries to identify and analyze them. The writer hopes it
can help the teachers in teaching and learning process.
B. Limitation of the Study
It is essential to limit the problem in order to avoid misunderstanding in interpreting the problem. The writer limits the problem in this writing only
in the student’s difficulties in learning modal auxiliaries. They are: Both Can and could and the reasons why the students find difficulties in learning modal
Auxiliaries.
C. Formulation of the Study
Based on the statement in the background of the study described above, it is necessary to analyze the students’ difficulties in learning modal
auxiliaries at second year students of MTs Muhammadiyah 1 Ciputat. The general question of this study i
s “Do the second year students of MTs Muhammadiyah 1 find difficulties in learning modal auxiliaries?”
To specify this problem, the specific research questions are formulated as follows:
1. What difficulties are faced by the students in learning some modal
auxiliaries? 2.
Why do the students face such difficulties in learning some modal auxiliaries?
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D. Use of the Study
This paper is intended to find out the difficulties faced by the second year student of Mts Muhammadiyah 1 Ciputat, to analyze the reason why the
students face the difficulties in learning modal auxiliaries, to enlarge the writer’s knowledge in their grammar especially in learning some modal
auxiliaries.
E. Organization of the Study
In discussing the topic, the writer divides this study into five chapters as follows:
Chapter one is introduction, involving the background of study, the limitation of problem, the formulation of study, the use of study and the
organization of study. In Chapter two, the writer will discuss about Theoretical framework.
This chapter will be divided into three sub chapters. The first is talking about Modal Auxiliaries, kinds of modal, form of modals and meaning of modals.
The second is talking about Modal Auxiliaries: Can and Could, usage of Can and could, and similar expression of Can and Could. The third is talking about
students difficulties in learning Modal Auxiliaries of Can and Could. Chapter three presents the implementation of the research
methodology which consists of the purpose of study, the place and time, the method of study, the population and sample, the technique of data collection,
and the technique of data Analysis. Chapter four present the implementation of research finding which
comprises of data description, data analysis, and data interpretation. Chapter five
is devoted to the conclusion and the writer’s suggestion.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
