The students ability in identifying adjective in descriptive text at Intensive Language Programme IAIN Padangsidimpuan

The aims of the research were to know the students‟ ability in identifying adjective in descriptive text at intensive language programme IAIN Padangsidimpuan, to know the students‟ difficulties in identifying adjective in descriptive text. This research was done in intensive language programme IAIN Padangsidimpuan. The sources of data were at the intensive language programme IAIN Padangsidimpuan The kind of this research is quantitative research by using descriptive method. The instruments of collecting data were test. After the research was done it can be known that the students‟ ability in identifying adjective in descriptive text at intensive language programme IAIN Padangsidimpuan can be categorized into high category (66.80). the students‟ difficulties in identifying adjective in descriptive text were the students had poor vocabulary, cannot differ each generic structure of the adjective, and lack of the knowledge to understanding characteristic Adjective in descriptive text. The effort done by English teacher to overcome the students‟ difficulties about vocabularies were the English teacher asked to the students to master vocabularies by memorizing. Before learning English, the teacher give ten vocabularies to students by memorizing. After students memorizing it, students memorize it in front of class. Then the English teacher remind and review grammar to them, then gave more examples which the near examples which the near example or familiar example with students life. Next the English teacher asked and gave exercises about adjective phrase. Then the teacher gave explanation many times about adjective phrase, so the students understood truly and always give motivation to the student s how important speech English in now a days