CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
A. Data Description
1. Result of Test
Gerund is a word derived from a verb and performing the function of both a verb and a noun. A gerund is used in the same ways as a noun,
namely as a subject or an object. The table below is the classification of the uses of gerund into tested
areas:
Table 4.1. Material Display within the English Test Items
No. Tested Area
Number of Items 1
Gerund as Subject of a Sentence 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29
2 Gerund as Object of Preposition
2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 3
Gerund as Direct Object of Certain Verbs 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31
4 Gerund as the Complement of a Sentence
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32
Adapted from students’ test item
Based on the table 4.1. there are four function of gerund, namely gerund as subject of a sentence, gerund as object of preposition, gerund as
direct object of certain verbs, and gerund as the complement of a sentence. The test consists of 32 items which are asking about four function of
gerund, they are gerund as subject of a sentence number items are 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, gerund as object of preposition number of items are 2,
6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, gerund as direct object of certain verbs number of items are 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, and gerund as the complement of
a sentence number of items are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32. By analyzing the students’ answer sheet, the writer obtained their score
of test result. There are two students who got 21 correct items, and they are
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student 10 and student 23. The students who got 18 correct items are student 5 and student 26. Student 17 and student 19 got 16 correct items.
And there are also 4 students who got 15 correct items, they are student 9, student 11, student 16, and student 22. Students who got 14 correct items
are student 8, student 24, and student 25. Student 7 got 13 correct items. There are two students who got 12 correct items viz. student 13 and
student 14. Student 1, student 12, student 20, and student 21 got 11 correct items. Students who got 10 correct items are student 4, student 15, student
18, and student 27. Student 30 got 8 correct items whereas student 3 got 7 correct items. Student 6 and student 29 got 6 correct items meanwhile
student 2 got 5 correct items and student 28 got 4 correct items. See Appendix 1 page 54
2. Result of Observation
The writer has observed the teacher’s method in teaching gerund and all activities which happened during classroom activity including students’
activity in responding teacher’s performance. This observation was
conducted on 30
th
of November 2012 at 15.40-16.30 p.m. In delivering the material, the teacher used Grammar Translation
Method. Firstly, the students paid more attention in learning this material. But when the teacher gave more explanation about the forms and rules of
gerund, the students seemed bored. Some of them were talking to their friends and only a few students were still paying attention to the teacher’s
explanation. During the teaching activity, the class was a bit noisy. Then, when the
teacher gave some example of gerund, some students seemed that they still did not pay attention, so when the teacher gave them exercise orally, they
could not do it. Furthermore, when the teacher gave written exercise, some students cheated each other.
The writer thought this classroom condition might bring some problems in teaching learning product which could lead students to do some errors
in their application of gerund.
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