English words concerning the length of their study during school time. On the other hand this study is intended to investigate the developmental
patterns of students’ syntactic recognition of English derivational suffixes. Therefore, this study will investigate whether the patterns of that the patterns are stable,
increased or even decreased.
D. Problem Formulations
1. Are there any significant differences between first year, second year and
third year students in their syntactic recognition of English derivational suffixes?
2. What are the developmental patterns of syntactic recognition of English
derivational suffixes?
E. Objectives
This study will answer the questions which are stated in the problem formulation. Conducting survey by means of one checklist-test of derivational
suffixes in the same time to the subjects of this study, the researcher will obtain the data to be processed in order to answer the problem formulation above. The study
intends to find out whether there are significant differences in syntactic recognition of English derivational suffixes between the first, second and third year of Senior
High School students or not. Then, the study is attempted to figure out the developmental patterns of their syntactic recognition of derivational suffixes of
English words.
F. Benefits
Knowing the development of syntactic recognition of the derivational suffixes helps students to read reading material containing unfamiliar words. In this
case, while facing the unfamiliar words the students also enrich their vocabulary size. A good reading comprehension must be supported by sufficient vocabulary size.
Under this circumstance, the study gives perspective of the necessities to the teachers that vocabulary learning need to be given considerable portion during
teaching-learning activities.
G. Definitions of Terms
There are some terms which are used in this study. They are terms of development, derivation and Sang Timur Senior High School Students.
1. Development
As stated in Colins Cobuild English Dictionary 2001: 418 development means: 1 the gradual growth or formation of something, 2 the growth of something such as
business or an industry 3 … The word development in this research is generated from the second meaning of the above definition.
2. Pattern
In Colins Cobuild English Dictionary, 1 a pattern is the repeated or regular way in which something happen or is done, 2 a pattern is an arrangement of lines or shape
especially a design in which the same shape is repeated at regular over a surface, and 3 a pattern is a diagram or shape that you can use as a guide when you are making
something such as a model or a piece of clothing. Then, developmental pattern in this
study is defined as diagram or shape showing the growth of students’ syntactic recognition of derivational suffixes of English words.
3. Derivation
As defined by O’Grady and Dobrovolsky 1989 that derivation is the process by which a new word is built from a base, usually through the addition of affix.
H. Assumptions
