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ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES ON LEARNING ENGLISH VOCABULARY OF SMP NEGERI 3 TARAKAN Faculty of Teacher Training And Education, Borneo Tarakan University, Tarakan Elvana Cholil Ahmad Email: [email protected] Advisor : Winarno, M.Pd The vocabulary has a significant contribution to support the successful students of learning English. The objective was to find out the Student difficulties in learning English vocabulary of the eighth- grade of SMP Negeri 3 Tarakan. The researcher had used a descriptive quantitative method. The subjects were the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 3Tarakan in the 2020/2021 academic year. The total population of the researcher was 286 students. The sample had selected by using a simple random sampling technique with 43 students as the sample. The researcher collected the data by using a vocabulary test and a questionnaire. The vocabulary test had used to analyze the factors of difficulties in learning English vocabulary in terms of grammar and meaning. The questionnaire had used to analyze the student's difficulties in learning English vocabulary. 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, 16% of students were difficulty in meaning. Then, 39.5% of students were difficult in grammar. Second, the questionnaire resulted related to the grammar and meaning. Thus, it concluded that First, there are two factors of student difficulties in learning English vocabulary in meaning and grammar. Second, the most dominant student difficulty was grammar.