A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF THE TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF RIAU UNIVERSITY IN IDENTIFYING ENGLISH MORPHEME

Abstract

This is a descriptive study on the ability of the third semester studentsof the English Study Program of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty ofRiau University in identifying English morpheme. There were 30 students chosenas the sample of this research. They were given a test as the instrument of thisstudy. Based on the test, the mean score of the students in identifying the amountsof morpheme was 59.67 or at poor to average level. Another aspect of analysis isbased on the kinds of morpheme; free and bound morpheme. The mean score ofthe students in identifying free morpheme was 75.67 or at the level of average togood and in identifying bound morpheme was 69.54 or at average to good level.Besides, this study also describes the result of the students in identifying EnglishMorpheme based on the class of words. For the noun morpheme, the mean scoreof the students was 57.33 or at poor to average level. For the verb morpheme, themean score was 52 or at poor to average level and 66.67 or at average to goodlevel for adjective morpheme meanwhile the mean score of the students inidentifying adverb morpheme was 62.67 or at the level of Average to Good level.

Keywords: ability, identifying, English morpheme.