ERROR ANALYSIS IN WRITING COMPOSITION RECOUNT TEXT MADE BY FRESHMEN OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UMS IN 2015/2016 Error Analysis In Writing Composition Recount Text Made By Freshmen Of English Department Ums In 2015/2016 Academic Year.

ERROR ANALYSIS IN WRITING COMPOSITION RECOUNT TEXT MADE BY FRESHMEN OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT UMS IN 2015/2016

ACADEMIC YEAR

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department

By

ANIS NUR PRATIWI A 320 120 022

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

v MOTTO

TAKE A DECISION IS EASY, SURVIVE IS CHALLENGE (ANP)

ENJOY ON YOUR BEAUTY OF LIFE, BUT DON’T EXCESSIVE THE BEAUTY OF LIFE

(ANP)

NEVER EVER BLAME OTHER PEOPLE, BUT BLAME YOURSELF TO CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES

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DEDICATION

With grateful and love this research is dedicated to :

 My beloved father and my mother “Sutanto”, “Sukini”

 My beloved brother “Giri Suratno, Refangga N.P , Aditya N.R

 All of my families

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’allaikum Wr. Wb

Alhamdulillahirobil’alamin. The researcher praise to Alloh SWT for the blessing to completing this research paper. Shalawat and greet always poured down to our prophet Muhammad SAW as the best leader in the world and the hereafter leader for us. Besides that, the researcher got help and support from many individuals. They are support me everytime and kindness will always be reflected in this research paper. The researcher wishes to express her gratitude to those who helped her to complete this research paper.

1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno M. Hum, Dean of School of Teacher Training and Education.

2. Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

3. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph.D as Head of English Education Department. 4. Prof. Dr. Endang Fauziati, M. Hum, the first consultant for her patience in

providing continuous guidance, advice, suggestion, and correction till the end of this research paper.

5. Mr. Azhari and Mrs. Siti Fatimah helped her to get the data as complete the research paper.

6. All lecturers of English Department who have given their knowledge and experiences.

7. My parents ( Bp. Sutanto, Ibu Sukini ) who taught me and advices me all of the time, hopeful patronage of Allah SWT).

8. My Brother ( hopeful patronage of Allah SWT).

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10.Septiani, S.Pd who is support me and remember me to keep spirit, I hope you too.

11.All of my friends in association of students (IPM) thanks for the deepest experience and support me.

12.All of my friends class A to appreciate our solidarity.

She realizes this research paper as far as from being perfect because of less competence or capability of the researcher. Thus, suggestions and criticism are hoped for the better result of the work and becomes perfect one. She wishes this research paper can useful to all readers.

ix ABSTRAK

ANIS NUR PRATIWI. A 320 120022. ERROR ANALYSIS IN WRITING COMPOSITION RECOUNT TEXT MADE BY FRESHMEN OF ENGLISH

DEPARTMENT UMS IN 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan tipe kesalahan, frekuensi kesalahan, kesalahan yang dominan, dan sumber kesalahan yang dibuat oleh mahasiswa baru jurusan pendidikan Bahasa Inggris UMS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif. Data penelitian ini adalah kesalahan dalam karangan teks recount yang dibuat oleh mahasiswa baru. Langkah-langkah untuk menganalisis data yaitu mengidentifikasi, mengklasifikasi, mendiskripsikan frekuensi, frekuensi yang paling tinggi, dan mendeskripsikan sumber kesalahan yang terjadi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menemukan kesalahan ditipe morfologi, syntax, dan wacana yang dikombinasikan dengan surface strategi. Frekuensi disetiap tipe yaitu morfologi 17,34%, syntax 79,83%, dan wacana 12,5%. Frekuensi yang yang paling dominan adalah tipe syntax, hal ini berarti mahasiswa baru lemah dalam pola dasar kalimat. Sumber kesalahan disebabkan karena interlingual atau bahasa ibu dan intralingual yang menyamakan aturan kaidah dalam bahasa target.

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ANIS NUR PRATIWI. A 320 120022. ERROR ANALYSIS IN WRITING COMPOSITION RECOUNT TEXT MADE BY FRESHMEN OF ENGLISH

DEPARTMENT UMS IN 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

The objectives of the study are to describe the types of error, the frequency type of error, dominant type of error and the sources of error made by freshmen of English Department UMS in 2015/2016 academic year. This study is qualitative research. The data are taken from all interlanguage errors which are made by the freshmen’s writing composition recount text document. The technique for analyzing data are identifiying error, classifying of error, the describing of frequency, dominant of error, and the describing of sources of error. The results of this study has found the types of error in morphological, syntatical, and discourse combine in surface strategy. The frequency of each’ types are morphological 17,34%, syntatical 79,83%, and discourse 12,5%. The most dominant types of error is syntatical type, its mean the freshmen lack knowledge in basic sentence pattern. These sources found interlingual transfer caused by interference of the learner’s mother tongue and Intra lingual transfer is the negative transfer of item within the target language.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

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COVER ... i

APPROVAL ... ii

ACCEPTANCE ... iii

TESTIMONY ... iv

MOTTO ... v

DEDICATION ... vi

ANCKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii

SUMMARY ... vii

TABLE OF CONTEN ... xi

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ... 1

A. Background of the Study ... 1

B. Scope ot the Study ... 4

C. Research Question ... 4

D. Objective of the Study ... 4

E. Significant of the Study ... 5

F. Research Paper Organization ... 6

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... 7

A. Underlying Theory ... 7

1. An Error Analysis ... 7

a. Notion of Error Analysis ... 7

b. Significance of Error ... 9

c. Alghoritm ... 11

d. Error and Mistakes ... 11

e. Classification of Error ... 13

2. Linguistic Category ... 13

a. Phonology ... 14

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c. Syntax ... 17

d. Discourse ... 19

3. Surface Strategy Taxonomy ... 21

a. Omission ... 22

b. Addition ... 22

c. Misformation ... 22

d. Misordering ... 23

4. Comparative Taxonomy ... 23

5. Communicative Effective ... 24

6. Sources of Error... 24

7. English Text ... 26

a. Notion of Text ... 27

b. Type of Text ... 27

c. Recount Text ... 29

B. Previous Study ... 31

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD ... 40

A. Type of Research ... 40

B. Object of Study ... 41

C. Subject of Study ... 41

D. Data and Source of Data ... 41

E. Method of Collecting Data ... 41

F. Data Validity ... 42

G. Technique for Analyzing Data ... 42

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 44

A. Research Finding ... 44

1. Types of Morphological Error ... 44

a. Bound Morpheme (-s/-es) as Plural Marker ... 45

b. Wrong Spelling... 45

2. Types of Syntatical Error ... 46

a. Article ... 47

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c. Omission suffix (–ed) in Regular Past Tense ... 50

d. Misselection of Verb I for Past Event ... 50

e. Misselection of Verb -ing for Past Event ... 51

f. BE as Full Verb ... 52

g. Misselection of Verb for Past Event... 54

h. Conjuction ... 54

i. Preposition ... 55

j. Misformation to- as Infinitive ... 57

k. Misformation of Modals for Past Tense ... 57

3. Types of discourse error ... 58

a. Substitution of Verb ... 58

b. Substitution of Clause ... 59

c. Reference ... 60

d. Conjuction ... 61

4. The Frequency of Each Error ... 62

5. The Dominant of Error ... 65

6. Sources of Error... 65

B. Discussion ... 67

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION, PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATION, AND SUGGESTION ... 76

A. Conclusion ... 76

B. Pedagogical Implication ... 78

C. Suggestion ... 80

a. For the English Lecturers ... 80

b. For the other Researcher... 81 BIBLIOGRAPHY