A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ENGLISH AND INDONESIA ADVERBS
This study is an attempt to compare the English and Indonesian adverbs for the purpose of teaching English to Indonesian students. It is expected to help the teachers of English in detecting the learners’ area of difficulties and in solving the problems with a more effective way, and to enable the learners to predict the trouble spots that will be faced while learning English.
The main problems to solve are: (a) how many kinds of the English and Indonesian adverbs? , (B) Are the kinds of the English and Indonesian adverbs the same or not?, (c) What are the roles of the process of the English and Indonesian adverbs formation?, (d) are the rules of the process the same or not ?, (f) Is there similarity between English and Indonesian adverbs? , (g) In what aspects are they different ? , (j) Where is the position of the English and Indonesian adverbs in sentences?
The population of this study is all base and derived adverbs and new forms used in English and Indonesian novels: (a) The Big Kill, by Mickey Spillane and (b) Sejuta Pintu Cintaku, by Motinggo Busye.
Using the following instruments collects the data of this study: (a) literature study and (b) documentation-identification, making list and classification.
The collected data are then verified and analyzed. The analyze steps are: (a) breaking down the components of the derived or new forms, (b) finding the relation of the components, (c) Knowing the process of adverbs formation, (d) analyzing the similarities and differences of the kind, formation, and the position of the English and Indonesian adverbs.
