An error analysis of the use of past tense in a recount paragraph by the eight graders of the SMP Negeri 1 Jiwan Madiun / Riske Christin Maria
Main Author: | Maria, Riske Christin |
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Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2011
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http://repository.um.ac.id/11019/ |
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- KeyWordserrorrecountpasttenseThisthesisisastudyabouttheerrorsinusingpasttenseinrecountparagraphmadebytheeighthgradersofSMPNegeri1JiwanMadiun.Studentsconsiderwritingisthemostdifficultskillthanothers.Thereforeinwritingarecountparagraphthestudentsoftenmakeerrors.Thisstudywasconductedundertheconsiderationthatpasttenseplaysanimportantroleinwritingarecountparagraph.ThepurposesofthisstudyaretofindoutthetypesoferrorsoftheuseofpasttenseinrecounttextmadebytheeighthgradersstudentsofSMPNegeri1JiwanMadiunandtofindoutthepossiblecausesofthoseerrors.Thestudywasconductedusingdescriptiveapproach.ThesampleofthisstudywastheeighthgradersofSMPNegeri1JiwanMadiun8Dwhichconsistedof33students.Thesourceofthedatawasrecountparagraphmadebythestudents.Theinstrumentsthatwasusedareachecklistandinterviewtotheteacherandsomeofthestudents.ThechecklistisbasedonthesurfaceStrategytaxonomybyDulaythatconsistoferrorofomissionerrorofadditionerrorofmisformationanderrorofmisorderingandtheCausesoferrorsbyRichardthatconsistofovergeneralizationignoranceofrulerestrictionincompleteapplicationofruleandfalseconcepthypothezised.Inanalyzingthedataerroranalysisisusedinwhichtherewerethreestepstheyareidentifyingtheerrorsputtingtheerrorsinchecklisttablesandthelaststepisevaluationoferrors.Theresultoftheanalysisshowsthattherewere239errorsfrom223sentences.Theywere98errorsofmisformationthatconsistedofmisformationofverbmisformationofprepotisionmisformationofbeandomissionofpluralnounmarker.81errorsofomissionthatconsistedofomissionofedomissionofdefinitearticleomissionofbeomissionofpluralnounmarker.50errorsofadditionthatconsistedofadditionofbeadditionofprepositionadditionofdefinitearticle.And10errorsofmisorderingthatconsistedofmisorderingofadverbandmisorderingofnounphrase.Thefactorsthatcausedthestudentstomakeerrorsinthewritingskillswere6errorsentenceswerecausedbyovergeneralization102errorsentencescausedbyignoranceofrulerestriction43errorsentencescausedbyincompleteapplicationofruleand20errorsentencescausedbyfalseconcepthypothesized.BasedontheresultoftheresearchitissuggestedthatEnglishteachershouldpayattentiontotheareaofdifficultiesinEnglishgrammar.ByknowingtheerrorsmadebythestudentstheteachershoulduseitasfeedbacktoknowtheareaofdifficultiesinlearningEnglishpasttense.Thelasttheteachershouldbeabletoexplaintothestudentsaboutpasttensebyusingthesituationaroundthemastheexampleinusingpasttenserule.Thenextresearchersareexpectedtoinvestigatethe