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a. Students’ Mastery of Preposition at Indicating Place
This part of discussion presents the students’ mastery of preposition at indicating place based on the test result. To identify the students’ mastery of a
certain preposition, the researcher counted the number of correct items first. The illustration of students’ mastery in using preposition at indicating place could be
seen in Table 4.5.
Table 4.5 Students’ Mastery of Preposition at Indicating Place
Item Number
Number of Students Obtaining Correct
Answers Number of Students
Obtaining Incorrect
Answers Part 1
1 3
7 8
30
Part 2
5
Part 1
30 49.2 48 78.7
41 67.2 23 37.7
48 78.7
Part 2
8 13
Part 1
31 50.8 13 21.3
20 32.8 38 62.3
13 21.3
Part 2
53 87
Based on the data in Table 4.5, it could be seen that there were many students who made error in Part 2, which was translation part, number 5. There
were fifty three students 87 out of sixty one students who made error in this item. It means that most of the students who took this test still had difficulty in
using preposition at, which was translated from Indonesian into English. Most of the students who took this test made error in translating Indonesian preposition di
in this sentence with preposition on. In Part 1, the test items investigating preposition at indicating place that
were problematic to the students, fell on item number 8 and number 1. There were
PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
64 thirty eight students 62.3 who made error in answering item number 8 and
there were thirty one students 50.8 who made error in answering item number 1. Most of the students who became the respondents of this test had made errors in
both items. They tended to choose preposition in in answering both of test items. Meanwhile, the test items investigating preposition at indicating place that were
easy to the students, fell on items numbers 3, 30, and 7. There were forty eight students 78.7 who answered items numbers 3 and
30 correctly. It means these items were the easiest items among the whole items investigating preposition at indicating place for the students. Meanwhile, in item
number 7, there were forty one students 67.2 who answered this item correctly. By seeing the data above, it could be concluded that there were quite
many students, who became the respondents of this test, were still confused about the use of preposition at indicating place.
b. Students’ Mastery of Preposition at Indicating Time
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