The Identification of the Seventh Grade Students’ Difficulties in Learning English at MTs Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin, Academic year 2009/2010

Zulkipli. 2009. The Identification of the Seventh Grade Students’ Difficulties in Learning English at MTs Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin, Academic year 2009/2010, Thesis, English Department, Tarbiyah Faculty, Advisor : (1) DR.H.Husnul Yaqin,M.Ed (2) Nurlaila Kadariyah,S.Ag\ud \ud English is a very important subject at school, English is one of compulsory subjects and we need to know what students’ difficulties in learning process and the factors that can give influence.\ud Based on the background above, the writer conducts a research entitled “The Identification of the Seventh Grade Students’ Difficulties in Learning English at MTs Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin Academic years 2009/2010”.\ud The problem of this research are (1) what are the students’ difficulties in learning English of the seventh grade students at MTs Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin academic year 2009/2010 (2) what factors that influence the students, difficulties in learning English of the seventh grade students at MTS Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin Academic year 2009/2010\ud Based on the problem above this research is purposed to know students' difficulties in learning English of the seventh grade at MTs Al Ikhwan Banjarmasin and some factors that influence students' difficulties in learning English.\ud The population of this research 162 students and the sample of this research is taken 25% from each class, namely 10 students and the total of the students are 40. Technique that used is stratified random.\ud To collect data the writer uses some techniques such as written test, oral test, interview, observation, documentary, and questionnaire. In analyzing data the writer uses descriptive and making conclusion by using inductive method.\ud The result of this research shows that students get difficulties in grammar especially in using article, they cannot differentiate the function of a, an, and the in sentences. And some factors that influence students in learning English such as:\ud English course, practicing or studying English at home, and member of family that can use English at home