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detailed information of these two results was as follows.
1. Learners’ Characteristics Based on the Questionnaire
To obtain detailed information about learners’ characteristics, the researcher distributed questionnaire to one of tenth grade classes. That class
consisted of 9 male students and 19 female students. Therefore, the total number of the participants was 28.
In order to make the data of the learners’ characteristics clear, the researcher analyzed and classified it into some criteria. The criteria were students’
interest in English lesson, students’ enthusiasm, students’ motivation, students’ difficulty in speaking English, students’ difficulty in writing English, students’
grammar understanding, and students’ difficulty in learning tenses. The data from the first criteria
can be seen in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Students’ Interest in English lesson Items Responses
Number Percentage
1. Whether or not
the students like English Lesson.
a. Yes
b. No
26 2
92. 9 7. 1
2. Students’ opinion
about English lesson that they
get at school a.
It’s very easy. b.
It’s easy. c.
It’s difficult. d.
It’s very difficult. 16
12 57. 1
42. 9
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More than a half of the students thought that English lesson they got at school was easy. However, not all students had high enthusiasm to learn English. A half of
the students were passive students. The data can be seen in Table 4.2.
Table 4.2 Students’ Enthusiasm Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the student is an active student or a passive student.
a. Active
b. Passive
c. No answer
13 14
1 46. 4
50 3.
6
Although some students were not active in the classroom but they were motivated to learn English. They liked English and had motivation to learn
English, but they could not be an active student. It can be seen in Table 4.3.
Table 4.3 Students’ Motivation Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the students are motivated to learn English.
a. Yes
b. No
c. No answer
25 1
2 89. 3
3. 6 7. 1
Related to four language skills, most of the students had difficulties in both speaking and writing English. They had some reasons why they had
difficulties in speaking and writing. The complete information about students’ difficulty in speaking English can be seen in Table 4.4.
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Table 4.4 Students’ Difficulty in Speaking English Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the students get some
difficulties to speak English.
a. Yes
Reasons: 1.
Understand what others say, but
can’t speak in English
2. Vocabulary and
grammar 3.
Vocabulary 4.
Not accustomed to speaking
English 5.
Pronunciation 6.
Vocabulary and pronunciation
7. Not appropriate
with the way of student’s
speaking 8.
Learning English only at school
b. No
Reasons: 1.
Joining course since Elementary
School 25
1
5 12
3
1 1
1
1
3 1
89. 3 4.
57
17. 86 42. 86
10. 71
3. 57 3. 57
3. 57
3. 57
10. 7 3. 57
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Item Responses Number
Percentage
2. Not too difficult
to speak English 3.
Understanding
tenses
1
1
3. 57 3. 57
Table 4.5 showed the data about students’ difficulty in writing English.
Table 4.5 Students’ Difficulty in Writing English Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the students get some
difficulties to write in English.
a. Yes
Reasons: 1.
Students do not know how to write the words.
2. Students do not
understand the structure of the sentences
3. Students are lack of
vocabulary and tenses understanding.
4. Students have a little bit
difficulty to write. 5.
Some of words have similar pronunciation.
6. How to pronounce the
word is different from how to write it.
17 3
3 2
2 1
4 60. 7
10. 71
10. 71 7.
14
7. 14 3.
57 14. 28
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Item Responses Number
Percentage
7. In reading and listening,
the student is not clear to catch the words.
8. No reason
b. No
Reasons: 1.
Students are accustomed to writing
English since they were in Elementary
School. 2.
Students have better understanding in
written English than spoken English.
3. There is a dictionary
or an electric dictionary.
4. Student likes English.
5. Writing English is easy. 6. Student has understood
tenses. 1
1 11
2
3
3
1 1
1 3. 57
3. 57 39. 3
7. 14
10. 71
10. 71
3. 57 3. 57
3. 57
Related to designing learning activities to develop students’ ability to use past tenses in speaking and writing skills, the researcher looked for the data which
was related to students’ grammar understanding, especially tenses. The data was
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Table 4.6.
Table 4.6 Students’ Grammar Understanding Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the students have understood about
tenses. a.
Yes b.
No 14
14 50
50
Although a half of the students have understood tenses but most of the students found some difficulties to use tenses. They gave some reasons why they
still found some difficulties to learn and use tenses. The detailed information can be seen in Table 4.7.
Table 4.7 Students’ Difficulty in Learning Grammar Item Responses
Number Percentage
Whether or not the students find some
difficulties to learn
tenses.
a. Yes
Reasons: 1.
Tenses are difficult and confusing.
2. Students are not clear
about tenses. 3.
Students are still confused.
4. Students often forget to
use tenses. 5.
There are various patterns of tenses.
20 2
8 4
4 2
71. 4 7.14
28. 57 14. 28
14. 28 7. 14
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Item Responses Number Percentage
b. No
Reasons: 1.
Students have been learning tenses since
they were in Elementary School.
2. There are some patterns
to learn. 3.
Students have understood tenses.
4. Students often read
texts. 5.
Tenses are simple and easy.
6. No reason
8 2
1 2
1 1
1 28. 6
7. 14
3. 57 7. 14
3. 57 3. 57
3. 57
2. Learners’ Characteristics Based on the Interview
