This research is intended to study about word formation processes,
especially the students’ ability in identifying word formation processes at English
Department at the sixth semester of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training Faculty and
to make sure that they have learned about word formation processes in Morpho-
Syntax subject.
The problems of this research are: How the sixth semester students’ ability
in identifying word formation processes at English Department of Antasari State
Institute for Islamic Studies Banjarmasin in academic year 2013/2014 is? and,
What the most difficult type of word formation processes which students
encountered is?
The population of this research is 105 students of the sixth semester
students at English Department who took Morpho-Syntax subject. Then, the
researcher uses simple random sampling technique that has taken from 75% of
population. Therefore, the sample of this research is 79 students of the sixth
semester students at English Department who took Morpho-Syntax subject.
The data are collected through: test, interview and documentary. Data
processing in this research divided into five phases: editing, coding, scoring,
tabulating and data interpreting. Then, all the data are analyzed quantitatively and
descriptively then concluded deductively.
The research showed that the sixth semester students’ ability in identifying
word formation processes at English Department of Antasari State Institute for
Islamic Studies Banjarmasin in academic year 2013/2014 is in excellent category
with the mean score is 80.06 and the most difficult type of word formation
processes which students encountered is conversion with the percentage 39.87 %
categorized into low difficulties level category.