A STUDY ON USING PICTURE TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH OF THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA DHARMA AY

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Femi Nita Selan

An English Student of FIP of Timor University, Kefamenanu

E-mail address: [email protected]

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This study aims: To Find out whether picture are effective to motivate the students in learning English, to identify the problems the students face in using picture in learning English and to categorize the level of the students’ mastery on using picture in learning English. The method used in this research is descriptive. this writer applied multiple choice and use 50 items multiple choice for measuring student’s ability in learning english.The students were find answer so that the student has to choice carefully to the paper.Multiple choice means questions to the students and it is hoped students can answer the questions related to answer.There are 10 students taken to do the test. The results showed that the students' learning English using picture reached a minimum standard of completeness (80%).Then from research testing conducted by the author shows that the ability to learning English using picture of the first grade students in SMA Dharma Ayu Kefamenanu can reach the minimum standard of achievement (80%) using picture because the picture are easy for students to improve their abilities. Number 5, 9, 13, 19, 27, 34, 35, 37, 46 difficult questions categories which are indicated by wrong answers by 4 and 5 numbers. While the easiest questions are 1, 10, 18, 22, 28, 39, 42, 43, 48, because students answer all the questions correctly which are indicated by right answers 10 number, it can be concluded that students have the ability to work on the questions given, where 41 questions are included in the easy category and 9 difficult questions. The writer says that, the research activity is important than she has to able to do the good data analysis because to analyze the data accurately is more difficult. It is to be problem that faces her when she was doing analysis the field study.

Keywords : Picture, Motivate, Learning English.