AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SIMPLE SENTENCE MADE BY THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 PANCUR BATU A THESIS BY ASFANI DJAYANTI REG. NO 080705029 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2012
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, ( Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS. ) ( Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M. Hum.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, the writer of this thesis would like to thank to Ilahi Rabbi, Allah Subhanahu Wata ala for His blessing and guidance so she can accomplish this thesis in order to fulfill the requirement to get S1 Degree in English Literature program at Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. Secondly, the writer of this thesis would like to express her gratitude to Dr. H. Syahron Lubis, MA as the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies of University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS as the Chairman and Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M. Hum as the Secretary of English Department. Thirdly, she would like to thank to her Supervisor, Drs. H. Chairul Husni, M. Ed. TESOL and her Co-Supervisor Drs. M. Syafie Siregar, MA for their precious time during the process of the accomplishment of her thesis. Thank you for willingness sharing times and patience in guiding, correcting, and supervising her thesis. She also would like to express her gratitude to all lecturers of English Department who have given great contribution of knowledge that can improve her intellectuality during these academic years. She also thanks to Drs. H. Syamsiah siregar as the headmaster of SMP Negeri 2 Pancur Batu for permitting her to conduct a study towards the ninth grade students. Furthermore, the writer of this thesis wants to dedicate her deepest gratitude to her wonderful family, to her beloved parents, Suwandi and Ummi Kalsum, thank you for the great spirit, pray and endless love you always share with her. Thank you to her beloved brothers S. Kelana and M. Agung Haviz and to her beloved sisters Ayu Lestari and the late Dinda Zahra, she loves you all very much.
Finally, the writer of this thesis would like to thank to her classmates Lia Agustina Damanik, Siti Fattimah, Ayu Wahyuni Idrus, Ira Annisa Rachman, all friends of 2008 of English Department, and all friends the writer cannot mention including Bang Amran who has helped her very much. Thank you for your friendship. The writer of this thesis realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. Therefore, she welcomes constructive criticisms and suggestions. She hopes this thesis will be useful for the readers. Medan, 2012 The Writer, ASFANI DJAYANTI REG. No. 080705029
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ABSTRAK Skripsi yang berjudul An Error Analysis Of The Use Of Simple Sentence Made By The Ninth Grade Students Of SMP Negeri 2 Pancur Batu berisi tentang analysis kesalahan (error analysis) yang dibuat oleh siswa/i kelas IX. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan masalah-masalah tata bahasa dalam penggunaan kalimat sederhana (simple sentence). Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMP Negeri 2 Pancur Batu. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 32 murid kelas IX 1. Instrumen yang digunakan sebagai data adalah kalimat-kalimat sederhana dalam bentuk karangan jenis laporan tentang kegiatan sehari-hari yang dibuat oleh siswa/i. Kesalahankesalahan dalam penggunaan kalimat sederhana tersebut diklasifikasikan berdasarkan surface strategy taxonomy, teori oleh Dulay, Burt, dan Krashen yang meliputi kesalahan pengurangan, kesalahan penambahan, kesalahan formasi, dan kesalahan susunan. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa kesalahan tata bahasa dalam penggunaan kalimat sederhana (simple sentence) bervariasi. Kesalahan formasi merupakan kesalahan yang paling sering muncul dengan persentase sebesar (48,52%) yang meliputi verb, preposition, conjunction, noun, adverb, adjective, gerund, modal, be, article, pronoun, dan determiner. Kesalahan susunan muncul dengan persentase sebesar (19,95%) yang meliputi misordering of verb phrase dan misordering of noun phrase. Kesalahan pengurangan muncul dengan persentase sebesar (25,15%) yang meliputi -ing, article, verb, preposition, reflexive pronoun, pronoun, determiner, 3 rd person singular verb, possessive marker ( / s), dan be. Kesalahan penambahan muncul dengan persentase sebesar ( 11,39%) yang meliputi determiner, plural marker (s/es), ing, modal, be, possessive marker ( / s), verb, preposition, pronoun, adjective, article, noun, dan 3rd person singular verb marker (s/es). Kesimpulan bahwa kemampuan penggunaan kalimat sederhana (simple sentence) oleh siswa/i di SMP Negeri 2 Pancur Batu khususnya kelas IX 1 masih kurang baik.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Problems of the Study 3 1.3 Objectives of the Study 4 1.4 Scopes of the Study 4 1.5 Significances of the study 4 II RIVEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Error 5 2.1.1 The Sources of Error Occurrence 5 2.2 Error Analysis 6 2.3 English Grammar 9 2.4 Writing 11 2.5 Sentence 12 2.5.1 Sentence Classification 12 2.5.2 Parts of the Sentences 14 2.6 Paragraph 14 2.6.1 Report Paragraph 16
III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 The Research Design 17 3.2 Location and Time 17 3.3 Sources of Data 17 3.3.1 Background of Teachers and Students 18 3.4 Data Collection Procedure 18 3.5 Step of the Research 18 IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Data Analysis 20 4.2 Finding 20 4.2.1 The Errors of Misformation 20 4.2.2 The Errors of Omission 27 4.2.3 The Errors of Misordering 34 4.2.4 The Errors of Addition 35 4.2.5 The Tables of Errors 43 V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion 49 5.2 Suggestion 51 REFERENCES APPEDINCES
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