Based on the background of the study above, the study proposes the following research problems.
- How is the students’ comprehension of Adverbial Clauses at SMK Telkom Sandhy Putra Medan?
- What types of adverbial clause are difficult to be comprehended by students at SMK Telkom Sandhy Putra Medan?
- How to improve students’ comprehension of adverbial clause at SMK Telkom Sandhy Putra Medan?
- RESEARCH METHOD
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The study is a qualitative research. The study uses qualitative approach. The method of the study is descriptive while the design of the study is case study about Adverbial clauses. They are in the form of test, interview, and observation. This study is just focus in one variable. It is adverbial clauses which as dependent variable. The study would reflect the linguistic.
The subjects in the research are second grades on Vacation School. The study is focus in TKJ class which as SBI class. TKJ class has four classes. One class is SBI class and the others are regular class. SBI class in TJA is selected corresponding with class which the writer had taught in Teaching practice. The research would be conducted at SMK Telkom Sandhy Putra Medan academic year 2016/2017 which is located at Jalan Jamin Ginting No 9c, Simpang Selayang, Medan Tuntungan, Kota Medan, Sumatra Utara 20135. Time to conduct the research was on January. According to Sudijono (2011:318), the correct answer was given 1 score while the wrong answer was given by applying this formula:
S= X 100 %
Where :
S = Score of the test
R= The number of the correct answer
N= The number of questions.
Criteria of the Students’ Comprehension
Based on the table above, the criteria of Mastery and Grade can be classified in to two categories. They are comprehend and uncomprehend. The first is comprehend, the criteria of mastery and grade that includes 90 – 100 (Excellent), 80 – 89 (Very Good), 70 – 79 (Good), 60 – 69 (Average). The second is uncomprehend, the criteria of mastery that includes Less than 59 (Poor).
- RESEARCH FINDING
