Tertiary Student Difficulties in Combining English Clauses to Generete Complex Sentences

Pratiwi, Adhelia and Hidayah, Jumatul and Edy, Sarwo (2020) Tertiary Student Difficulties in Combining English Clauses to Generete Complex Sentences. English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris, 13 (02). pp. 156-172. ISSN 1268369265

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Abstract

This study aimed to describe tertiary students’ difficulties in combining English clauses to generate complex sentences. A descriptive quantitative method was applied by involving 30 tertiary English students at IAIN Curup as the samples. They were selected using a quota sampling technique. The present study revealed that many students (62.82%) had difficulties combining adjective clauses and independent clauses to generate complex English sentences. They also found it challenging to use subordinate connectors “who, whose, whom, and which” properly. Some students (42.64%) had difficulties in combining adverbial clauses and independent clauses to generate English complex sentences. They found it challenging to use some subordinate connectors such as “after, if, before, nevertheless, and however” appropriately. Subsequently, many students (69.31%) had difficulties in combining noun clauses and independent clauses to generate complex English sentences. They found it challenging to use subordinate connectors such as “what, where, why, whose, when, and how” properly. Further studies are expected to conduct experimentations and classroom-action research to help improve students’ English grammatical competence. Keywords: complex sentence; dependent clause; independent clause

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