An nalysis on the difficulties faced by students in lesrning question-tags ( A case study at second grade students of SMPN 4 tangerang selatan)

In this research, the writer wishes to know the difficulties encountered by the Second Grade students of SMPN 4 Kota Tangerang Selatan in learning Question-Tags and to find out the reason why the students face the difficulties. The whole population of this research was 270 second year students of SMPN 4 Tangerang Selatan. In order to get 30 students out of 270 students to represent the population as the sample, The sample is taken by using purposive sampling technique The instrument of the test consist of a combination of multiple choice and fill in the blanks. Based on the analysis of data, it is conclude that in learning Question-tags the higher percentage of students� difficulties in the form of question-tags is 19.5% in Imperative sentence. This result revealed that most students still find difficulties in using and making the form of question-tags. It is suggested that in learning and teaching Question tags: (1) the students should pay attention in the form of tenses and also on the exception rules in Question-Tags, and (2) the teacher must explain the material clearly and give more exercise either in oral or written forms and after they know the difficulties students in learning question-tag, the teacher can assist the students better