An analysis on the students� errors in using degrees of comparison of adjectives: a case study at eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah Gunung Putri Bogor
| Main Author: | Yunita Mirnanda |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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Daftar Isi:
- This research is aimed at analyzing errors made by the eighth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah in using degrees of comparison. Particularly, it is aimed at identifying the most frequent errors in using degrees of comparison both in the form and the usage and obtaining the causes why the students made such error. This research used descriptive analysis method to describe students� errors and the causes of errors. The data were taken from the test and interview, and the data sources of this research were 23 students of eight grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah. The result of the error analysis process showed that students committed error into four types: omission, addition, misformation/misselection and misorder. The findings showed that the most frequent error made by the students in the usage of degrees of comparison is misformation in differentiating whether the sentence is comparative or superlative degree with 94 errors or 71.75% of the total of errors. Moreover, 15.25% errors fell into omission, 6.9% errors fell into addition and misorder 6.1%. This errors were committed because most students generalized the rule and also showed that the cause of error is intralingual transfer.