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A GRAMMATICAL ERROR ANALYSIS OF WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
(A Descriptive Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 6
Purwokerto in the Academic Year 2016/2017)
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for S. Pd. Degree
Written by:
Ghani Muhammad 1201050001
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb.
Alhamdulillahirobbil„alamin, praise be merely to the Almighty Allah SWT
for His gracious mercy, and tremendous blessing that enable me to accomplish
this bachelor entitled: “A Grammatical Error Analysis of Writing Descriptive
Text” (A Descriptive Study at The Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 6
Purwokerto in the Academic Year 2016/2017). This thesis is presented to fulfill
one of the requirements in accomplishing S-1 Degree in English Education Study
Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of
Purwokerto.The writer would like to express his great special appreciation to:
1. Drs. H. SyamsuhadiIrsyad, S.H, M.H, the rector of Muhammadiyah
University of Purwokerto.
2. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum. the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty
who has given the permission to write this thesis.
3. Also, Aulia Nisa Khusnia,S.S,M.A. as the chief of the English Education
Department who has given opportunity and agreement to conduct this study.
4. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum for your valuable assistance and inspiration to the
completion of this bachelor thesis. I also would like to express my deep
gratitude to my academic advisor,
5. The writer also would like to extent my gratitude to all of my English
lecturers who have inspired me. Thank you for the guidance and patience
during study in the university.
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Finally, the writer believes that this thesis has still weaknesses. Therefore, the
writer would appreciate to invite criticisms and suggestions from the readers for
the improvement of this thesis.Hopefully this thesis will be useful for English
education especially for teachers and English learners.
Purwokerto, January 21, 2017
Ghani Muhammad
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DEDICATIONS
I would like to dedicate my countless thanks to the Most Gracious and the
Most Merciful, ALLAH SWT who always gives me all the best of this life and
there is no doubt about it. I deliver Shalawat and Salam to the Prophet
Muhammad SAW and his family. This thesis is presented to fulfill one of the
requirements in accomplishing the S-1 Degree at English Department of Teachers
Training and Education Faculty in the University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
The writer would like to take my opportunity to express my deep and
sincere gratitude to the following:
1. My beloved parents, my daddy and my dearest mom. Never enough to say
thank for anything you give to me. Nothing compares to you.
2. My little sister and brother, Aisha and Mahdi
3. Drs.Pudiyono,M.Hum. as my advisor who has guided me patiently in
composing this thesis.
4. All examiners who have given suggestions and critics to this thesis. Also all
lecturers in English Department for their invaluable teaching.
5. All teachers in SMPN 6 Purwokerto for allowing me to conduct this research
as well as the students.
6. My deep thanks to my dearest friend and sister who always stands by me,
thanks much for your sincere, your best companion.
Finally, thanks so much to anyone who cannot be mentioned directly who
has helped me in completing this thesis. Hopefully, this thesis can be useful for us
and become the input for the parties in need.
Purwokerto, January 21, 2017
Ghani Muhammad
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MOTTO
A goal without any plan is only a wish
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A GRAMMATICAL ERROR ANALYSIS OF WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
(A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 6
PURWOKERTO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017)
ABSTRACT
By:
Ghani Muhammad Student Number: 1201050001
This research is aimed to find out what the students' error in writing made by the eighth grade students of SMP N 6 Purwokerto and to find out the causes in writing descriptive text. The method of the research that the writer used in analyzing the data was the descriptive survey.The population were the eighth grade students with 216 students . The samples of the study consist of one class or 36 students. The writer uses random sampling. The researcher chose one class in eighth grade randomly by using lottery. The instrument of this research is writing test. The data were collected from the erroneous sentences of the students. The
students‟ errors were classified into four categories based on surface strategy taxonomy. The results were Misformation was the most common errors made by students with 49.41%, Ommision with 22.35%, Misordering with18.82%, and Addition 9.41%. The analysis of the errors shows that those errors found in sentences have two main causes. Firstly, the students tend to make a negative transfer or influenced by mother tongue. This kind of errors is called Interlanguage error. Secondly, the students also make mistakes in the sentences which is caused by lack of language competence as the target language. The error is called Intralanguage error. The two sources of error directly influence to the students sentence in writing.
Keywords:grammatical error, writing, descriptive text
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5. Differences Between Error and Mistake ... 17
D. Descriptive Text ... 19
1. Definition of Descriptive Text ... 19
2. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text ... 20
3. Language Features of Descriptive Text ... 20
4. Purposes of Descriptive Text ... 20
5. Kinds of Descriptive Text ... 21
E. Review of Previous Study ... 22
F. Basic Assumption ... 23
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH A. Method of the Research ... 25
B. Place and Time of Research ... 25
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CHAPTER IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A. Results ... 30
1. Classification of Errors Made By The Students ... 30
B. Discussion ... 35
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION A. Conclusion ... 38
B. Implication ... 39
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
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LIST OF TABLE
Table 4. 1 Distributions of sub-category errors ... 31
Table 4.2 Distributions of sub-category errors ... 32
Table 4.3 Distributions of sub-category errors ... 33
Table 4.4 Distributions of sub-category errors ... 34
Table 4.5 Classifications of Errors Made by Students in Percentage (%) .. 35
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LIST OF CHART
Chart 4.1 Misformation ... 31
Chart 4.2 Omission ... 32
Chart 4. 3 Missordering ... 33
Chart 4.4 Addition ... 34
Chart 4.5 Classifications of Errors Made Chart by Students in Percentage (%) 35
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix A Research Instruments
Appendix B Tabulation of Errors Categories
Appendix C Samples of Students‟ Writing
Appendix D Letters
