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ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN VOCABULARY MASTERY AT TENTH GRADE OF SMK NEGERI 2 MALINAU KOTA Faculty of Teacher Training And Education, Borneo Tarakan University, Tarakan Silvia Wulandari Email: [email protected] Advisor : Romlah Ulfaika, M.Pd The vocabulary has a significant contribution to support the successful students of learning English. The objective was to find out the dominant difficulties of students in vocabulary mastery of the tenth grade of SMK Negeri 2 Malinau Kota. The researcher had used a descriptive quantitative method. The subjects were the tenth-grade students of SMK Negeri 2 Malinau Kota in the 2020/2021 academic year. The total population of the researcher was 216 students. The sample had selected by using a purposive sampling technique with 35 students as the sample. The researcher collected the data by using a vocabulary test and a questionnaire. The vocabulary test and questioner had used to analyze the dominant of difficulties in vocabulary mastery in terms of grammar, meaning, spelling and pronunciation. The data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis to analyze student difficulties in the form of vocabulary tests and the percentage of the student difficulties in the form of a questionnaire. The results of the research showed. First, from the results of the vocabulary test, 48% of students were difficulty in grammar, 84% of students were difficult in meaning, 86% of students were difficulty in spelling, and than 63% of students were difficulty in pronunciation. Second, the questionnaire resulted related to the grammar, meaning, spelling and pronunciation. Thus, it concluded that the most dominant student difficulty was grammar. Keywords: Student's difficulties, Vocabulary Mastery.