The Effects of Grammar's Difficulties

The Effects of the Difficulties of Grammar

By Fitria Ningsih

Grammar is one of the important components that we should understand in learning English. When we learn grammar, sometimes we find some difficult materials. On the other hand, these difficulties of grammar’s material give some effects for the learners.

First, because of the difficulties of grammar, it forced the students to do some efforts. The effort such us, having willingness, reading a lot, and doing some exercises. I have interviewed the English students in my class, and they had different opinion about the effects of the difficulties of grammar. Henifah Wahyuni said that because of the difficulties of grammar, it forced her to study harder before grammar test. On the other hand, Gita Insani also said that grammar was so difficult, so she should read a lot and did some exercises. Halim Ahmad Faizin also added that not only read a lot and did some exercises, but also everyone should have willingness. It was clear that the difficulties of grammar influenced them, especially in studying. By the effects that they got, it could be the way for them to overcome the difficulties when they are studying.

Next, the difficult of grammar not only influenced the effort that students should do to overcome it, but also the marks. The results of ten students that I got for interviewing about their marks, we can see the diagram. Based on the data, 20 percents of them said that although grammar was difficult, but they still got good marks. However, 40 percents of them said that grammar was difficult, it was normal if they got bad marks.  Besides, four of ten students said that the effects for their mark it was not always good or bad. When we compared the good and the bad marks, most students got bad marks.  It was clear that the difficulties of grammar still related with the mark that they got for the grammar test. 

At the last, the difficulties of grammar also have effect of another English aspect. It influenced English aspects such as, writing, reading, speaking, and listening. However, it really influenced in writing aspect. Based on the blog “Aozy English grammar” that was written by Marie Rackham. She said that grammar was a valuable tool for creative writing. She also said that poor grammar, it would make bad writing skill. Besides,  she empasized that grammar course was a basic course in learning Eanglish.

In conclusion, grammar is an important component in learning grammar. However, because grammar was difficult , it had some effect for the learner.