HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ METHODS TO CONCENTRATE BETTER WHEN

STUDYING
JONATHAN ANGGIAT LAMHOT

10-01-08

Semester-End English Paper

Unity School, Bekasi, West Java

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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Many students in this era are very lazy when it comes to studying. Students in

this era are very lazy to study because of there are too many distractions when they are

studying. This era which is the modern era have so many new things that the people of

the non-modern era don’t have. For example : mobile phones, internet, electronic, etc.

This are the factors of many other factors that made students got distracted from their

studies. They got distracted because these inventions are very tempting for students

because they are not boring. To students, these inventions are very tempting because it is

fun for them to use. The result of these inventions made students distracted and can’t

concentrate with their studies. The result of the students can’t concentrate is very serious.

Students always get low scores at school. I am on of those students who can’t

concentrate on my studies. But not all of the students get low scores. How these students

who get high scores can get that score? They can get those scores because they can

concentrate when studying. The writer is making this research to know how these

students who got good scores concentrate on their studies. The writer wants to know how

they concentrate becaouse the writer wants to know how can the writer concentrate on

the writer’s studies. The writer doesn’t want to get bad scores on his exams. Hopefully

this research of his can find out on how to concentrate in studying.

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B. Problem Statement

In this research, the writer formulates the problems of the study as follows:

1. How can students concentrate on their studies?

2. Why they can concentrate on their studies that way?

3. Can other students imitate their way to concentrate on their studies?

C. Objective of the Study

Based on the problem statements:

1. To find how students who can concentrate on their studies concentrate

2. To find how those students can concentrate on their studies that way

3. To find out wheter other students can imitate their ways to concentrate or they

have to find out their own way of studying

D. Limitation of the Study

In order that the study can be deeply examined, the writer needs to limit the

study as follow: the study is only to know ways of studying of high school students.

E. Benefit of the Study

The benefits of this study are both theoritical and practical:

1. Theoritical Benefit

The result of this research can be used by high school students to find their

own ways to concentrate in studying

2. Practical Benefit
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For both the writer and the reader. They can find their ways to

concentrate on studying and use it to concentrate on their studies.

F. Research Paper Organization

In this paper, the writer divides the research paper into five chapters. Chapter I is

introduction. It consists of background of the study, problem statement, objective of the

study, benefit of the study, and research paper organization.

Chapter II is review of literature. It consist of previous study, the definiton of

concentrate, high school and study.

Chapter III is research method. It deals with type of research, ob ject of the study,

method of collecting data, technique for analyzing data.

Chapter IV is the research finding, and discussion. The research finding will be about

how can high school students concentrate better when studying.

Chapter V is conclusion and suggestion.

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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

A. Definiton of Concentrate

Concentrate means to direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular

activity, subject or problem.

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/concentrate)

Concentrate means to bring or draw to a common center of point or union;

converge; direct toward one point; focus;

(https://www.dictionary.com/browse/concentrate)

Examples of sentences that use the word concentrate :

 Come on, concentrate! We dont have all day to do this.

 I can’t concentrate on my work with all that noise.

 Im going to concentrate on my wirting for a while.

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/concentrate)

B. Definition of High School

The definition of high school is an academic institution

providing education more advanced than elementary school or

middle school but less advanced than college, typically grades 9, 10,

11 and 12.

(https://www.yourdictionary.com/high-school)
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High school is a school for children who are about 15 to 18 years old that is usually

divided into grades nine through twelve or ten trough twelve.

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/high-school)

Example of High Schools are : Pilar Bangsa High School, Highfield Secondary School,

SMA Sulthon Aulia Boarding School Bekasi, Unity Senior High School and etc.

C. Definition of Study

Study is the application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by

reading, investigation, or reflection.

(https://www.dictionary.com/browse/studying)

Study is the devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge

of an academic subject, especially by means of books.

(https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/study)
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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHOD

A. Type of Research

The type of research that the writer uses is qualitative. The writer conduct the a survey

B. Object of Study

The object of study are high school students that belongs to btoh public schools and

private schools. (Mostly students from public schools).

C. Method of Collecting Data

The method that is used by the writer to gather the data is by creating an online survey

form which later on can be shared by a link. The link of the survey form was shared to the

subjects by a social media named ‘Line’.The subjects answered the questions regarding

how to concentrate while studying. The questions are as follows:

1. How can you concentrate when studying?

2. Why can you concentrate when studying using that method?

3. In your opinion, can other students follow your method of studying to concentrate

better when studying?

D. Technique for Analyzing Data

The writer used a website which is called “Google Forms”

(https://docs.google.com/forms). In this website we can make survey forms which

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answers will be listed in pie charts and short paragraphs. The answers will be summarized

by the writer.

CHAPTER IV

RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

A. Research Finding

Based on the survey that was shared and answered by the subjects, there have been 22

total responses/data collected. The charts and short answers below are the summarized

answers of the total 22 responses. (Sorry if its in Indonesian. Most of the subjects are

from national school and they are not adept in English)

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B. Discussion

The data above contains the answers from the subjects/high school students

about their own methods on how to concentrate when studying. There are the answers

on how they concentrate when studying (Bagaimana cara anda berkonsentrasi saat

belejar?), why they can concentrate when studying using their methods (Kenapa anda

bisa berkonsentrasi saat belajar dengan cara itu?) and about their opinion on able or

not able for other high school students to follow their method on how to concentrate

on studying (Menurut anda orang lain bisa meniru cara anda berkonsentrasi saat

belajar tidak?).

Based on the data, 22 high school students have their own ways to concentrate

on studying. Some students have the same method to concentrate when studying.

There are 2 students who concentrate when studying by listening to music. There are

3 students that concentarte when studying by eating/drinking their favourite

meals/drinks. 3 students that turn off/disable their mobile phones to concentrate

better. 3 students that concentrate better when studying with their friends. The rest

have their own methods.

Based on the data above, 22 students also have different answers on why they

can concentrate using their own method. There are also same answers from these

students. Most of the students answered that they use their methods to not get bored.

This means that most of the students/subjects were bored when they were studying

before. They use these methods so they will not get bored when studying.

The last question that the writer gave is about the opinions of the students on

able or not able for other high school students to follow their methods on how to

concentrate better when studying. Most of the students which is 54.5% of the total
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responses (which is 12 students/responses) said yes. 31.8% of the total responses

(which is 7 students/responses) are not sure about able or not able for other students to

follow their method. Least of the students which is 13.6% of the total responses

(which is 3 students/responese) said no which means they are sure that their methods

are only able to be used by them alone.

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

In conclusion, high school students have their own methods on how to concentrate

better when studying. Most of the methods that are used by the students are usable by

other students but there are also methods that are not usable by other students. It is better

that students find their own method on how to concentrate better when studying so they

can have max concentration on studying. By creating their own method, they can find

other effective method on concentrating better when studying when the previous method

isn’t effective anymore.

B. Suggestion

The writer suggests that other researchers to research this method more

thoroughly so that the future research are more reliable and more accurate. The writer

also suggest other researchers to make the research scale wider so not only high

school students can use the research to concentrate better when studying.