Student’s Perception Of The Challenges In Learning English Vocabulary Of The Eighth Grade Students At SMP N 40 Medan

Abstract

This study aims to find out challenges in learning English vocabulary and to described factors that influences students' difficulties in learning English vocabulary at SMP N 40 Medan. Researcher conducted this research for eight- grade students at SMP N 40 Medan. This research has been carried out of using qualitative methods. The object of this research was from grade VIII-D students at SMP N 40 Medan which had 27 students. In collecting data, researcher used observation, interview and questionnaires. After collecting data, the next step stage carried out by the researcher was analyzing the data. Which in analyzing the data Miles and Huberman (2014). After analyzing the data, researcher found that students at SMP N 40 Medan did have a problem in difficulties in learning English vocabulary, especially in pronouncing and spelling vocabulary correctly (40,7%), feeling less confident in using English vocabulary in speaking (88.9%), and having difficulty in understanding the differences between nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in English (70.4%). In addition, students also felt that the English vocabulary learning method in the classroom was ineffective (81.5%). This study has implications that teachers and schools need to improve English vocabulary learning methods and provide better support to students to overcome their difficulties in learning English vocabulary.