AN ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY IN IDENTIFYING ADVERBS ON “THE SHERLOCK HOLMES” NOVEL
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to describe the third year students’ ability in identifying adverbs on “The Sherlock Holmes” novel. Descriptive method was used as the design of this research. The population of this research was the third year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University Academic Year 2013/2014 (56 students). The researcher used cluster random sampling to select the sample. The total number of sample was 56 students; class A (28 students) was as the class of try out test, and class B (28 students) was as the class of real test. The researcher used split-half method to make test reliable. The result of the test was reliable with coefficient correlation .71. It was categorized high correlation. The test was valid in term of content validity because it had covered all materials which students had learnt. Generally, the result of analyzing data showed that the ability of the third year students identifying adverbs on “The Sherlock Holmes” novel was moderate; 22 students (78.57%) had moderate ability, 5 students (17.86%) had high ability, and 1 student (3.57%) had low ability. Based on the result, the researcher gives suggestions to lecturers to enrich the students’ exercise in identifying adverbs in the text to improve the students’ ability in identifying adverbs in the text; to the students to do more practices about the use of adverbs in the text; to the further researcher to conduct a study related to the problems of students in identifying adverbs in the text.
Key words: ability, adverbs, “The Sherlock Holmes” novel