VOCABULARY COMPLEXITIES FACED BY THE STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH OF EIGHTH GRADE AT SMP NEGERI 13 MAKASSAR

Authors

  • Rini Jumatri Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-8999
  • Andi Tenri Ampa Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia
  • Hilda Hafid Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar,Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56983/ijp.v1i2.15

Keywords:

Vocabulary , Complexities Faced , English Learning

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out what the vocabulary complexities faced by students in learning English and its causes. This research applied the qualitative descriptive method that takes two months to collect data using interviews. This study involved 18 students from the eighth grade as participants.From the results of the interview test, most of the students' main complexities were meaning, pronunciation, spelling, grammar, vocabulary memorization, similarity of vocabulary, and foreign words. There are several factors that cause vocabulary complexity faced by students in learning English, namely lack of word understanding, written forms with different spoken forms, students do not master the alphabet, students are lazy to memorize vocabulary, students are confused with similar vocabulary, and students rarely read books.

Author Biography

Rini Jumatri, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

105351110917@unismuhmakassar.ac.id

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Published

2022-07-15

How to Cite

Jumatri, R., Tenri Ampa, A., & Hafid, H. . (2022). VOCABULARY COMPLEXITIES FACED BY THE STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH OF EIGHTH GRADE AT SMP NEGERI 13 MAKASSAR. Indonesian Journal of Psycholinguistics, 1(2), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.56983/ijp.v1i2.15