MENGIDENTIFIKASI KOSAKATA DARI SISWA KELAS VIII DI SMPN 19 PALU

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kosakata siswa kelas VIII di SMPN 19 Palu. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif yang hasilnya ditabulasi dan dideskripsikan. Jumlah siswa sebanyak 23 siswa, berdasarkan hasil perhitungan diketahui bahwa nilai tujuh siswa termasuk dalam kategori sangat baik (30.43%) karena siswa tersebut memperoleh nilai akhir berkisar 95-100; nilai enam siswa termasuk dalam kategori sangat baik (26.09%) karena nilai akhir mereka berkisar 91-94; nilai lima siswa termasuk dalam kategori baik (21.74%) karena siswa tersebut memperoleh skor akhir berkisar 81-90; tiga siswa termasuk dalam kategori cukup (13.04%) karena memperoleh nilai akhir berkisar antara 75-80, dan dua siswa termasuk dalam kategori kurang baik (8.70%) karena memperoleh nilai akhir berkisar antara 40-74 atau dibawah nilai standar. Kesimpulannya, kosakata siswa (88.04) termasuk dalam kategori baik. Sebagian besar siswa memiliki kosakata yang cukup saat mengikuti tes. Di sisi lain, ada juga beberapa siswa yang masih kurang kosakata. Hal ini disebabkan kurangnya motivasi dalam belajar bahasa inggris.

Kata kunci: Mengidentifikasi, Kosakata

ABSTRACT

The objective of this research aims at finding out the students’ vocabulary at the grade VIII grade of SMPN 19 Palu. This research was conducted through a quantitative research design in which the results were tabulated and described. Total students were 23, based on the calculation, it is found that seven students’ score belong to the excellent category (30.43%) as the student obtained final scores ranges in 95-100; six students’ scores belong to the very good category (26.09%) as their final scores ranges in 91-94; five students’ scores belong to the good category (21.74%) as these students obtained final scores ranges in 81-90; three students belong to the fair category (13.04%) because they obtained final scores ranges in 75-80, and two students belong to the poor category (8.70%) because they obtained final scores ranges in 40-74 or below the passing grade. In conclusion, the students’ vocabulary (88.04) falls into good category. Most of the students have sufficient vocabulary when taking the test. On the other hand, there are also some students still lack of vocabulary. This was due to lack of motivation in learning English.

Keywords: Identifying, Vocabulary