AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO IDENTIFY GERUND IN HORTATORY EXPOSITION AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

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Abstract

This study was designed to describe the students` ability to identify gerund in hortatory exposition. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was the second year students of English Department of Bung Hattta University in academic year 2011/2012. The total number of population members was 102 students and they were divided into three classes. The writer used cluster random sampling technique in order to select the sample. The writer used grammar test to collect the data of the second year students’ ability to identify gerund in hortatory exposition. The data analysis result showed that there were 18 students able to identify gerund; it was categorized moderate. Specifically, there were 21 students able to identify gerund as subject, 22 students able to identify gerund as object of preposition, 17 students able to identify gerund as object of verb, 17 students able to identify gerund as complement; they were categorized moderate. In relation to this, the writer suggests the English lecturers to review the materials and give more exercises which focus on identifying gerund in the text as well as improve and revise their teaching material. For the students, they are suggested to learn more about how to identify gerund in the text. For further researchers, the writer suggests to do the research to find out the reason why the students had moderate ability in identifying gerund in hortatory exposition.

Key words: Analysis, Gerund, students’ ability, Hortatory Exposition text.