An error analysis on students? ability in using gerund and to infinitive (a descriptive qualitative study at second grade students of SMAI Al ? Kholidin)
| Main Author: | Yuspiatul Huriyah |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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Daftar Isi:
- This study was carried out to analyze and to classify the types and the sources of students? errors in using gerund and to infinitive. The errors were classified based on Dulay, Burt, and Krashen theory. Besides, the purpose of this study was to find out students? most frequent erros and the sources of those errors which students made in using gerund and to infinitive. The method used in this study was qualitative. The qualitative design applied in this study was descriptive study. Furthermore, the subject of this study was the second grade students SMAI Al-Kholidin which consisted of 60 students and the writer only took 30 students as the sample. The data were collected through test and students? interview. Related to the result of the analysis, the writer found out 3 types of errors made by the students, they are omission, addition, and misformation. Misformation error had the highest percentage of types of errors. The most frequent misformation errors is in using gerund as direct object of certain verbs with 44 errors or 24.7%, then in infinitive the most frequent error is as subjective complement with 45 errors or 25.3%.