The table above shows that most of the students 17 enter category of sufficient. There were six students enter the category of good. There were also five
students enter the category of insufficient. One student entered the category of fail.
3. The Analysis on the Students’ Achievement in Each Prepositions of Place at,
in and on
This section discusses the analysis of the students’ achievement in each preposition of place. Firstly, the students’ erroneous items of each preposition of
place in each part of the test were counted. The second step was to obtain the percentage of erroneous items in each preposition of place in each part of the test.
The following tables show the students’ achievement.
Table 4.9 The Students’ Achievement in Preposition of Place
At
Number of erroneous
items Type of
preposition Total number
of items Test
part I Test
part II Total number
of erroneous items
Percentage of erroneous
items
At 425 167
59 226 53.17
The table 4.9 shows that the errors made by the students on the type of preposition at are high enough 53.17 . From 425 items tested, more than half of it
was incorrect. Among the other type of prepositions of place was tested, the type of preposition of place at contributed the highest percentage of errors.
Table 4.10 The Students’ Achievement in Preposition of Place
In
Number of erroneous
items Type of
preposition Total number
of items Test
part I Test
part II Total number
of erroneous items
Percentage of erroneous
items
In 425 135
26 161
37.88 From total 425 items tested, the errors made by the students were 37.88.
Though the amount of items tested were the same 425, the errors made by the students were less than what students made on the preposition of place at.
Table 4.11 The Students’ Achievement in Preposition of Place
On
Number of erroneous
items Type of
preposition Total number
of items Test
part I Test
part II Total number
of erroneous items
Percentage of erroneous
items
On 400 125
23 148 37
Table 4.11 shows the students’ achievement in type of preposition of place on. The percentage of the errors is 37 of 400 items tested. The type of preposition of
place on contributed the lowest percentage of errors rather than the other types of prepositions of place.
From the students’ achievement above, the type of preposition of place at was considered as the most difficult to master since the errors made by the students were
high 53.17. According to the academic regulation of Sanata Dharma University, their achievement in this type of preposition of place was insufficient since it was
below 56. Though the achievement in the other types of preposition of place were higher than 56, the amount of errors still high enough 38.12 and 37. The next
section is discussing the students’ difficulties in each type of prepositions of place.
C. Discussion
