<mods:mods xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" version="3.3" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>The Analysis of Students’ Perception on Difficulties in Mastering Vocabulary at SMA N 2 Rantau Utara</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Yogi</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Aditya</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>This study aimed to analyze student’s perception on difficulties in mastering vocabulary. Descriptive quantitative research was employed in this study. The eleventh-grade students were the population of this research. There were 100 students obtained as the sample through the voluntary response sampling method. Data were collected through a questionnaire including 4 aspects of difficulties in mastering vocabulary and 2 aspects of factors that caused the difficulties. The collected data were analyzed using the descriptive technique. The results revealed that: 1) Pronunciation become students’ main difficulty when they are going to master the vocabulary, followed by grammar, word meaning, and spelling. 2) Teaching and learning process become a bigger factor that caused students to feel difficult in mastering vocabulary than students’ attitude and behavior.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">PE English</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">PN Literature (General)</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2025-07</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Universitas Negeri Padang;Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS UNP</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Thesis</mods:genre></mods:mods>