An Analysis Of Grammatical Errors In Writing Descriptive Text Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMPN 11 Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018

LAMADIKE, Wahabia (2018) An Analysis Of Grammatical Errors In Writing Descriptive Text Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMPN 11 Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira Kupang.

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Abstract

This thesis is an titled “An Analysis of Grammatical Errors in Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 11 Kupang in the School Year 2017/2018”. It was conducted to answer the following questions: (1) What are the grammatical errors made by the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018 in writing descriptive text? (2) What is the most common type of grammatical errors committed by the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018 in writing descriptive text? Based on the problems statement above, the objectives of the study as followed: (1) To find out the types of grammatical errors committed by the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang in writing descriptive text. (2) To find out the most common type of grammatical errors in writing descriptive text of the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang in writing descriptive text. The total numbers are 155 students. The subject of this study is 30 students of eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang, especially class A. The method applied in this study was descriptive method and the instrument used was writing task. The students were given chance to write a composition based on their own topic. The taxonomy used by the writer in analyzing the data was surface strategy taxonomy, consisting of omission, addition, misformation and misoedering. The result of the analysis showed that the errors committed by the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Kupang in the school year 2017/2018 were omission (49%), misformation (31%), addition (13%) and misordering (7%). The total number of error was 291. The most frequent error was omission. Based on the result of this study, the following was the suggestions for the teacher: the teacher should teach the students on how to write a good text especially in writing descriptive text and give the students chance to learn more about good text especially in writing descriptive text and focus on grammar especially tenses, auxiliary do, auxiliary have, suffix, personal pronoun, adjective pronoun and subject verb agreement.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: S.Fil Lake Primus Sani
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2023 06:42
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2023 06:42
URI: http://repository.unwira.ac.id/id/eprint/10829

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