E. Techniqueof Data Collection
1 Test
The test for the students was purposed to get the data in asking the students difficulties and causes of those difficulties in learning gerund.
2 Interview
The writer conducted the interview to some students who got difficulties in learning gerundin order to know the causes why students faced
difficulties in learning gerund.
F. Technique of Data Analysis
The data gained from the questioner with what are the difficulties faced by students in learning gerund and the reasons why the students find difficulties in
learning gerund. The data gained from interview dealing with the reasons why the students
find difficulties in learning gerund. The researcher also use the formula that purpose by AnasSudijono 2012, such as:
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P = x 100
P = Percentage F = Frequency of false answer
N = Number of sample
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Prof. Drs.Anas Sudijono,Pengantar Statistik Pendidikan. Jakarta: PT. Raja Grafindo Persada, 2012, p,33
After having percentage and frequency, the writer looked for the average mark by using formula:
P = x100
P = Percentage F = Frequency
N = Number of students n = Number of item test
G. Instrument of the research
This research instruments which was used for this study consists of two instruments, they are: testand interviewto complete the data needed for this study.
The test was use to know about the frequency difficulty in learning gerund and to know the causes of the students difficulties in learning gerund.
The interview was given to the students including some question about the difficulties faced by the students in learning gerund.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
This chapter discusses about the findings of the research based on the data gained during the research.
A. Data Description
The following table is the classification of the uses of gerund into tested areas:
Table 4.1 Classification of Test
No Tested Area
Number of Item 1
Gerund as object of preposition 1,3,4,7,10
2 Gerund as object of certain verbs
2,8,11,12,13,14 3
Gerund as subject of a sentence 5,19,9,15,16
4 Gerund as complement of sentence
17,18,6,20
Based on the data above the writer gave the test consisting of 20 items gerund as object of preposition, gerund as object of certain verb, gerund as subject
of a sentence and gerund as complement of sentence.
B. Data Analysis
After the writer gets the scores of English test, the writer analyzes the students’ test scores and process the result by calculation of result of the test by
changing the result into percentage. The list of students score can be seen in the table below:
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