AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY IN USING ANOTHER, THE OTHER(S) AND OTHER(S) IN SIMPLE SENTENCES

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Abstract

This study was designed to describe the second year students’ ability of English Department of Bung Hatta University to use another, the other, the others, other, others in simple sentences. This research used descriptive method. The population of this research was the second year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University. The members of the population were 122 students. The researcher took class C consisting of 43 students as the sample. In selecting the sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique since the population was grouped into three classes, A, B and C. To collect the data the researcher used grammar test. The result of the data analysis showed that the ability of the second year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University to use another, the other, the others, other, and others in simple sentences was moderate. Based on the findings above, it is suggested to the English teacher to give more exercises to students to improve their ability to use another, the other, the others, other, and others in simple sentences. Besides the students should learn and practice more to use those words.

Key words: another, the other(s,), other(s), simple sentence