THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USING PASSIVE VOICE AT THE TWELFTH GRADE OF SMA

Abstract

This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research. The aims of the research are to find out the students’ difficulties in using passive voice and to identify the causal factors affecting  in  using  passive  voice.  In  collecting  the  data,  the  researchers  used  two instruments  test  and  questionnaire.  The  test  consists  of  20  items  essay  and  the questionnaire consists of 15 items checklist for students. The subject is the twelfth grade students of SMA N 1 Mirit Kebumen  in the academic year of 2018/2019 that consists of

24 students.Based on the data of the test, the result shows that the mean of the students’ score is 54. It  means that the students’  difficulties  in using passive voice belongs to sufficient category. From the data, it can be stated that there are 6 students (25%) categorized good, 13 students (54.172%) categorized sufficient, 4 students (16.67%) categorized poor, and 1 student (4.17%) categorized very poor. Moreover, the result of the questionnaire shows that the students’ difficulties in using passive voice is affected by internal and  external factors. From the internal factors, the dominant are 1) students’ competence in auxiliaries (60.42%), 2) students’ competence in singular and plural nouns (62.50%), and 3) students’ competence   in past participle of regular and irregular verbs (62.51%);  while  from  external  factors,  the  dominant  are  1)  discussion  with  friends (60.42%), 2) learning facilities in the classroom (63.55%), and 3) students’ assignment (69.28%).

Keywords: Students’ difficulties, Grammar, Passive Voice