An Analysis on Students’ Difficulties in Mastering Vocabulary

Pika Marselina, Citra Ayu, Vitri Angraini Hardi

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This study focuses on students' difficulties in mastering English vocabulary. The purpose of this study was to determine the students' difficulties in mastering vocabulary. This study uses a qualitative research design with a descriptive approach. To obtain data, the researcher used a questionnaire. This research was conducted by giving questionnaires to the participants. The findings revealed that shows that 25% strongly agree. This shows that students still have difficulty in using vocabulary that has many meanings correctly; 25% agree; 25% disagree; 12% disagree and 14% students vote. It can be concluded Class X students of SMAN 1 Bangkinang still have many difficulties in mastering vocabulary.


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Student's difficulties; mastering vocabulary

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