A STUDY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN USING MODAL AUXILIARY FOR WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF TENTH GRADE AT SMK INDAH MAJU JAYA

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the problems that existed in the skills of tenth grade students at SMK Indah Maju Jaya in studying Auxiliary Modals. The author wanted to provide an explanation in studying Auxiliary Modals, especially 'Can' and 'Could,' so that students could understand them. The author not only wanted to know the reasons they experienced difficulties learning Auxiliary Modals but also the level of students' understanding of Auxiliary Modals. In collecting data, the author observed tenth grade students at Indah Maju Jaya Vocational School by giving tests and conducting interviews with students who had low scores. The author used descriptive analysis techniques by visiting schools to conduct research, namely giving tests about Auxiliary Modals in terms of meaning, function, and form. After conducting interviews with students with low scores, the author concluded that students' difficulties in learning Auxiliary Modals originated from personal factors; for most of them, these difficulties were caused by their interest in English lessons, as they did not pay attention to the explanations given by their teachers. Apart from that, the difficulties they experienced were caused by their own motivation or encouragement to study English. From the observant result explained above, that the cause of the students’ learning difficulties were came from the internal factor, that most of interviewee facing the difficulties caused by the interest, they do not attention to the teacher’s explanation, beside that the cause of difficulties are caused by their motivation in learning English subject with 12 students and their special types of learner with 5 students. The external factors, social environment is 4 students. They could not study well and bad-relationship between teacher and students. And non-social environment is 2 students.