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ABSTRACT Nemi Diyanti 2312.038 The Efforts of Teacher to Overcome Student’s Difficulties in Learning English at VIII Grade at MTI Pasia. Thesis, State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Bukittinggi, 2017 The background of research was based on some problems that were faced by the students in learning English. Those were : lack of vocabulary that made them felt difficult to understand the material, some students felt difficult to wrote the sentence structurally in English, and some students did not require the standard achievement based on curriculum. These problems were found at MTI pasia in Academic Year 2016/2017. Design of the research was descriptive qualitative that was the research which had the purpose to describe the condition or to gain about the teacher effort in overcoming the student’s difficulties in learning English at VIII grade of MTI pasia. The informant of the research was an English teacher and the students of VIII grade. This research used snowball sampling and the data was gotten through interview as an instrument. The finding of the research showed the teacher did some efforts to overcome the student’s difficulties in learning English. The students who had lack of vocabulary, the teacher gave jot note to the student and gave feedback to know the comprehension of the students. For students who got difficulties to write the sentence, the teacher gave daily diary to the students, and played her role during learning process. the teacher also used some strategies to overcome the student’s difficulties in learning English in order to assessed the students comprehension, the teacher gave some assignment and practices to improve the students ability in learning English. However, the teacher rarely gave the motivation to the students during learning process. Key Words: Teacher’s Efforts, Student’s Difficulties, Learning English. ABSTRAK Nemi Diyanti, 2312.038. Usaha Guru Mengatasi Kesulitan Siswa Dalam Belajar Bahasa Inggris Kelas VIII MTI Pasia. Skripsi, Institute Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bukittinggi, 2017 Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh beberapa masalah yang di hadapi siswa dalam belajar bahasa inggris. beberapa siswa memiliki masalah: kurangnya kosa kata sehingga mereka tidak memahami materi yang mereka pelajari, beberapa siswa sulit menulis kalimat sesuai struktur kalimat dalam bahasa inggris, beberapa siswa tidak memenuhi standar nilai sesuai kurikulum pendidikan. Masalah ini ditemukan di MTI Pasia pada tahun ajaran 2016/2017 dalam proses pembelajaran. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu penelitian yang bertujuan untuk menggambarkan keadaan dan menggali secara luas tentang usaha guru mengatasi kesulitan siswa dalam belajar bahasa inggris kelas VIII di MTI Pasia. Informan dari penelitian ini adalah guru bahasa inggris dan siswa kelas VIII, penelitian ini menggunakan snowball sampling. Peneliti mendapatkan data melalui wawancara. Dari hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa guru telah melakukan beberapa usaha mengatasi kesulitan siswa dalam belajar bahasa inggris.siswa yang memiliki kekurangan kosa-kata guru memberikan catatan kecil kepada siswa dan memberikan umpan balik selama proses pembelajaran berlangsung. Untuk siswa yang sulit menulis kalimat sesuai struktur, guru meyuruh siswa menulis diari dalam bhas inggris, dan guru telah menjalankan perannya selama proses belajar mengajar berlangsung. serta guru juga menggunakan bermacam strategy untuk mengatasi kesulitan siswa belajar bahasa inggris. Untuk mengukur kemampuan siswa, guru memberikan tugas dan latihan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa belajar bahasa inggris. namun guru jarang memberikan motivasi kepada siswa saat proses belajar mengajar berlangsung. Kata Kunci: Usaha Guru, Kesulitan Siswa, Belajar Bahasa Inggris