Problem Formulation Problem Limitation

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B. Problem Formulation

This research is aimed to investigate two questions. The questions become the guideline of the process of the research. Those questions are: 1. What are the students’ perception on the use of translation exercises to learn passive voice? 2. What are the students’ suggestions on the use of translation exercises to learn passive voice?

C. Problem Limitation

This research will only focus on the 1 Kasihan Senior High School students’ perception on the use of translation exercises in learning passive voice because it will help both the teacher and the students especially in passive voice and grammar mastery. The translation exercises are limited only as follow-up activity for learning passive voice. The translation exercises are used as worksheets for students. However, explaining the materials is still given for students in order to inform the knowledge about passive voice. The students involved in this research are the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Kasihan. As high school students, they have to be introduced to the skill about grammar since it is needed by them to help them understand or make scholarly papers in the future time. In order to improve grammar teaching strategy, the first thing to do is to find out the students’ perception. Following their syllabus, the grammar mastery at this level is introduction of passive voice. Pasive voice is important to be learnt because passive voice is PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 6 useful in formal writing, such as report or scholarly paper. Besides, passive voice is a material which is taught for tenth grade students. Based on the discussion which was done by the researcher and the teacher in SMA N 1 Kasihan before conducting this study, many students faced difficulties in learning passive voice. One way to help them master passive voice can be through translation exercises. It can be used because translation exercises really work in learning grammar for the English Language Education Study Program students of Sanata Dharma University as cited in Veniranda and Tutyandari 2008: 17. While the researcher has an experience in using translation exercises to learn grammar, the translation exercises are so beneficial to facilitate students in learning grammar. Thus, the researcher considers using translation exercises. Translation exercises will be applied for five meetings because those exercises include passive voice of simple present, passive voice of simple past, passive voice of present progressive, passive voice of past progressive and passive voice of perfect tenses.

D. Research Objectives