ASSESSING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN STRESSING ENGLISH VERBS OF THE SEVENTH SEMESTER STUDENTS AT UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG

ABSTRACT ASSESSING STUDENTS ABILITY IN STRESSING ENGLISH VERBS OF THE SEVENTH-SEMESTER STUDENTS AT UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG By Dalilatul Khasanah This research was about students’ ability in stressing English Verbs. Word stress is the key to understanding spoken English. Stress is the main tool in English that is used to convey the meaning of words and sentences. Unfortunately, the ability of most English learners in stressing words is still low. Based on the preliminary research, the English students still have problems in stressing words correctly. The aim of this research was to know the seventh-semester students’ ability in stressing English verbs at UIN Raden Intan Lampung in the academic year of 2020/2021. The research design of this research was descriptive quantitative. The sample of this research was 34 seventh-semester students of the English Education Department at UIN Raden Intan Lampung in the academic year of 2020/2021. The researcher used simple random sampling to collect the sample. The researcher used pronunciation test. The researcher analyzed the data and then classified the student’s ability in stressing English Verbs could be known. According to the result of the research; first, the student's ability in stressing disyllabic verbs in the seventh semester of the English Education Department of UIN Raden Intan Lampung in the academic year of 2020/2021 was at a fair level with a total average score of 56,62. Second, the student's ability in stressing trisyllabic verbs in the seventh semester of the English Education Department of UIN Raden Intan Lampung in the academic year of 2020/2021 was at a poor level with a total average score of 51,88. And the student's ability in stressing tetrasyllabic verbs in the seventh semester of the English Education Department of UIN Raden Intan Lampung in the academic year of 2020/2021 was at the fair level with a total average score of 62,82. Keyword: Word Stress, verb, Descriptive Quantitative, Abilit