AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING PASSIVE VOICE MADE BY ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MAN 1 PANYABUNGAN A THESIS BY RUKIAH REG. NO.: 070705004 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2011
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrohmanirrohim. Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah SWT, the compassionate and the Merciful, the writer would raise both her hands as her gratefulness to Allah SWT the Mighty God for giving her the guidance, the strength, the health, the ability and the power to finish the writing of this thesis. First of all, the writer would like to express her gratitude and appreciation to her supervisor, Dr.Hj.Masdiana Lbs. M.Hum., and her co-supervisor Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA.Ph.D for their knowledge, time, suggestions, for being humble and generous to supervise her during the writing of the thesis. The writer would like also thank Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A., as the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S and Dr. Hj. Nurlela, M.Hum., as the Head and the Secretary of English Department, and all the lecturers of English Department for teaching her much knowledge and morality during her period of study in the faculty. Particularly, the writer would like to convey her heartfelt thanks to her beloved father, Hj. Marzuki Nasution and her mother Hj. Halimah Rangkuti. Thanks for their endless love, great support, spirit, motivation, and advices. And also thank to Head master of MAN I Panyabungan, Irpansyah, S.Pd and all his staff members especially those who have helped her so the writer could do the research at that place; and to all to all the students who had been willing to be her subjects in the study.
Other special thanks go to all her friends in the English Department: all her 07 classmates, thanks for your love, sharing ideas, pray, support, help and for being her best friends. May Allah SWT bless them all. Medan, June 2011 The Writer, RUKIAH Reg. No. 070705004
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ABSTRAK Skiripsi yang berjudul AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING PASSIVE VOICE MADE BY ELEVENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF MAN I PANYBUNGAN berisi tentang analisis kesalahan (error) yang di buat oleh murid-murid kelas dua. Penelitian ini bertujan untuk menemukan masalah tata mengenai penggunaan passive voice dalam bahasa inggris. Penelitian ini di lakukan di MAN I Panyabungan. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 30 murid kelas dua. Instrument yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah dengan memberikan ujian mengenai penggunaan passive voice yang di susun dalam empat bentuk, yaitu: simple present tense, present continuous tense, simple past tense, and simple future tense. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa kesalahan tata bahasa dalam penggunaan passive voice itu bervariasi. Kesalahan informasi muncul dengan persentase 58.38%, kesalahan penambahan muncul dengan persentase 32.12%, kesalahan pengurangan muncul dengan 17.91%, kesalahan susunan muncul dengan persentase terendah sebesar 0.58%. kesalahan-kesalahan ini meliputi kesalahan dalam penggunaan passive voice, yaitu kesalahan penggunaan simple future tense yang memiliki persentase yang paling tinggi yaitu 27.75%, disusul oleh simple past tense 26.59%, dan kesalahan yang paling rendah yaitu: simple present tense sebesar 20.23%.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION... iv ABSTRACT... v TABLE OF CONTENTS... vi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study... 1 1.2. Scope of the Study... 6 1.3. Problems of the Study... 7 1.4. Objectives of the Study... 7 1.5. Significance of the Study... 8 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Passive Voice... 9 2.1.1 Uses of The Passive... 11 2.1.2 Preposition with Passive Verbs... 12 2.1.3 The Kinds of Passive Voice... 13 2.2. Error Analysis... 15 2.2.1 The Difference of Error and Mistake... 15 2.2.2 Error and Error Analysis... 15
CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 3.1. Research Method... 26 3.2. Data and Data Source... 27 3.3. Data Collecting Method... 28 3.4. Data Analysis Method... 28 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 4.1. Data Analysis... 31 4.1.1 The kinds of Errors in Using Passive Tense... 31 4.1.2 The Error of Using Simple Present Tense... 31 4.1.3 The Errors of Using Present Continuous Tense... 41 4.1.4 The Errors of Using Simple Past Tense... 54 4.1.5 The Errors of Using Simple Future Tense... 67 4.2. The Percentage of The Errors in Using Passive Tense... 80 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1. Conclusion... 82 5.2. Suggestion... 83 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 84 APPENDICES... 86