THE ISSUES OF STUDENTS WHEN TRANSLATING ENGLISH COLLOCATION INTO INDONESIAN

Abstract

This study investigated the problems faced by students in translating English Collocation into Indonesian and explored the strategies for helping students in improving while their translating English Collocation into Indonesian. The study employed a mixed-method approach by utilizing questionnaire as the primary data collection. Purposive sampling was used to select 38 participants from three universities, they are:University of Muhammadiyah Aceh, University of Syiah Kuala, and University of Islam Negeri Ar-raniry (UIN).The quantitative data was analyzed using percentage, while the qualitative data was examined descriptively. The first finding revealed that students struggle with translating English collocations into Indonesian due to several factors, including insufficient understanding of collocations, cultural issues, grammatical issues, and limited vocabulary. The second finding identifies various strategies to improve students' ability to translate English collocations into Indonesian. These strategies include using a dictionary, using English collocations in teaching, reading books, practicing regularly, watching English-language movies without subtitles, listening to music in English, using the internet, studying slang and idioms, and using social media.