Analysis Students Comprehension of Adverbial Clauses at SMK Telkom Sandhy Putra 1 Medan

The writer found the students’ comprehension  of adverbial clauses was good. It can be seen the number of students that included good category is (13 students). In spite of, the students that poor in adverbial clauses  were (5 students).

• The test was conducted about adverbial clause in matching main clause with subordinate clause correctly, almost of them were excellent. In completing sentences especially in completing subordinate clause students were uncomprehend to use tenses, subordinate clause correctly, and unable to identify which one adverbial clause of time which one adverbial clause of adversative and also which one adverbial clause of purpose and which one adverbial clause of result and in observation. In contrast, the students could identify what kind of adverbial clause that include in the sentences. The type of adverbial clause that difficult to understand by students were adverbial clause of result, adverbial clause of purpose, and adverbial clause of cause.  In interviewing the teacher, the writer found learning strategy and the method. The learning strategy is Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the method is Grammar Translation Method, the learning strategy and the method are useful ease in teaching English and students could understand learning English well.
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• 4. CONCLUSION

Based on the result of the research finding, the writer concludes that

• The students’ comprehension of adverbial clause is shown as the follows:
• 8 students are categorized excellent (22.22 %), 6 students are categorized very good (16.67%), 13 students are categorized good (36.11%), 4 students are categorized average (11.11%). On the other hand, 5 students are poor (13.89%). It means more than half of them comprehend of adverbial clause.
• Types of Adverbial clauses that are difficult to be comprehended by the students at SMK Telkom Shandy Putra 1 Medan are adverbial clause of result 11 Students (30.55 %), adverbial clause of purpose 13 Students (36.11 %), and adverbial clause of cause 15 Students (41.66 %) and type of adverbial clause that is easy to be comprehended by the students is adverbial clause of comparison 34 Students (94.44 %). Almost they are Able to identify kinds of adverbial clause in the sentences.
• And the method in teaching English especially Grammar that suitable is Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Grammar Translation Method (GTM).

5. SUGGESTION

Based on the conclusion above, the researcher offer some suggestions to improve a better skill comprehension in Learning and Teaching English especially Grammar as the following:

• The English teachers should use Grammar Translation Method in teaching English especially Grammar that one of them is adverbial clauses. it can improves students’ comprehension of adverbial clauses.
• The students should use Dictionary while learning English. It is to know the meaning that included the sentences. So the students can easily to answer the questions especially about adverbial clauses. They should harder and master about adverbial clauses or the other grammar and they must be active to ask the teacher if they don’t know the material.
• The reader should be careful to complete the sentence about adverbial clause. Especially in using subordinate conjunction, make sure the meaning of the sentences first before completing or answering the question about adverbial clauses or the other kind of grammar.
• The other researcher, as reference to conduct the same research and should understand the difficulties of the students, so that the teacher can know how to make the students comprehension this material easily by using Contextual Teaching and Learning and Grammar Translation Method.
• The library, as a good Institute should provide the books which related with English. It can be rich the sources so that the students are easier in learning English especially.
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