A Contrastive Analysis In English And Arabic Noun Vocabularies At SMA Islam Ulun Nuha Medan In Academic Year 2020/2021

Abstract

This research aims to determine (1) the types of nouns in English and Arabic languages and (2) to find out how does noun in English and Arabic languages applied in descriptive text. This research is descriptive qualitative and was conducted in Mei 2021 at SMA Islam UlunNuha Medan. In this study the sample was taken based on three levels of students in class, the lowest, the average and the highest. Each of the level taken three students. Data were collected through analyzing the students’ descriptive text task in English and Arabic languages. Then the data which collected is presented in the form of a description. Based on the finding, it is known that noun in English and Arabic have some types. Types of noun in both languages have differences and similarities in the meaning, specification, gender, number, form and the form of other part of speech.