A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE MASTERY OF ADJECTIVE DEGREES OF
COMPARISON OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP YA BAKII 2
KESUGIHAN
IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/ 2015
ATHESIS
Submitted to English Education Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S. Pd Degree
By:
EREWINDAH MRIHJAYARTI A.S. 1101050093
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
2015
APPROVAL
1. Tittle : A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE
MASTERY OF ADJECTIVE DEGREES OF
COMPARISON OF THE EIGHTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMP YA BAKII
2 KESUGIHAN IN ACADEMIC
YEAR 2014/ 2015
2. Faculty : Teacher training and Education
3. Writer‟s Identity
a. Name : Erewindah Mrihjayarti Amangun Sari
b. Sex : Female
c. Student Number : 1101050093
d. Department : English Education
e. Address : Jl. Melati RT 3 RW 01, Kuripan Kidul,
Kesugihan,
Cilacap, Central Java.
f. E- mail : [email protected]
g. Supervisor : Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum.
Approved by,
Supervisor,
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STATEMENT OF AUTHOROSHIP
Hereby, I state that the thesis entitled “A Descriptive Study On The
Mastery of Adjective Degrees of Comparison of The Eighth Grade
Students of Smp Ya BAKII 2 Kesugihan in Academic Year 2014/
2015” as a partial fulfillment of the requirements to get S.Pd., degree is
my original research result. If the originality of this thesis, I would
prepared to recieve the consequences in the form of any sanction such
as losing my related academic degree obtained from the institution as
well as other rules prevailing in Indonesia.
Purwokerto, July 2015
Erewindah M.A.S. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all the writer would like to say thanks to Alloh SWT, who
always give her guidance, permission, and never let her go without his
revelation, so that she can finish to write her thesis as the partial fulfillment to
get S. Pd Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
In this occasion, the writer would like say thanks deeply to:
1. Dr. H. Syamsuhadi Irsyad, SH., MH., the Rector of Muhammadiyah
University of Purwokerto.
2. Drs. Ahmad, M. Pd., the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty
of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
3. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum, as the Head of English Department of Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of
Purwokerto and also as my supervisor.
4. Didi Sutadi, S. Pd, as the Head Master of SMP Ya BAKII 2 Kesugihan who
gave his permission in accomplishing the research.
5. All the students of SMP Ya BAKII 2 Kesugihan for the participating.
6. The librarians of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto who helped her
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7. Her parents who loved and motivated her study.
Although her paper is still far from being perfect and the mistakes still
color this paper , the writer hopes that this paper will give positive
contributions and be useful to this field of study. She also welcomes to have
further study.
Purwokerto, July 2015
The writer
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to :
My beloved father (Didiek Sutadi, S. Pd) and mother (Darmi Sutadi)
who have given me the greatest support, motivation, attention,
material, and your prayer. I know that you love me so much. Thanks
for all you have given.
My brothers (Ragil and Dicky) who always make me happy.
Someone who I love and miss the most and always be in my heart
wherever and forever (Akid Danardi, S. E.). Thanks for your love,
spirit, advice, and patience.
All my best friends in my life: The Topics Team (Inung, Titha, Friska
and Dias). Thanks for your support.
All my friends in FKIP especially in English Department that I can‟t
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MOTTO
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up,
and never give up
Never be too afraid to start over, it’s a new chance to
rebuild what you want
Good things come to those who work their asses off
and never give up
Don’t stop feeling just because you were hurt, Don’t
stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare
Mistakes are proof that you are trying
Don’t wait till tomorrow what you can do today
Without darkness, we would never see the stars
TABLE OF CONTENS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ... 1
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Methodology ... 24
B. Place and Time of Study ... 24
C. Subject of Study ... 24
D. The Method of Collecting the Data ... 25
E. The Technique of Analyzing the Data ... 31
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Result ... 35
B. Discussion ... 42
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 51
B. Suggestion ... 52
BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES LIST
LIST OF TABLE
Table 1.1 : the frequency and category of students‟ competence ... 37
Table 1.2 :table of frequency distribution ... ... 39
Table 2.1 : table variant of error 1 . ... 42
Table 2.2 : table variant of error 2 . ... 43
Table 2.3 : table variant of error 3 . ... 44
Table 2.4 : table variant of error 4 .. ... 45
Table 2.5 : table variant of error 5 . ... 46
Table 2.6 : table variant of error 6 . ... 47
Table 2.7 : table variant of error 7 . ... 48
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LIST OF APPENDIX
Appendix 1 : The list of the students‟ individual competence ... 57
Appendix 2 : The list of error... 59
Appendix 3 : Analysis of error ... 61
Appendix 4 : Instrument ... 64
Appendix 5 : Key Answer ... 70
Appendix 6 : Validity, reliability, item difficulty ... 72
Appendix 7 : Others ... 76
ABSTRACT
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE MASTERY OF ADJECTIVE DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS
OF SMP YA BAKII 2 KESUGIHAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/ 2015
By :
EREWINDAH MRIHJAYARTI A.S. 1101050093
The aims of this research were to find out: 1) the students mastery of the adjective degrees of comparison and 2) to find the kind of errors, which were made by the students in using adjective degrees of comparison
The method of this research was descriptive. The instrument applied in this research was a test. The data was taken on Friday, May 22nd, 2015 in the eighth students of SMP Ya BAKII 2 Kesugihan and there were 30 students as sample from 30% of students. This research used proportional random sampling. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistic. After analyzing the data, it revealed that the students‟ mastery of adjective degrees of comparison belonged to fair category. It can be seen from the result of students‟ mean, 59,63. It revealed that the errors made by students in using adjective degrees of comparison caused by: 1) false concepts hypothesized 2) ignorance of rules restrictions.
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. The Background of the Study
There are many languages in the world. Every country has its own
national language. Language plays a great role in people‟s life, especially for
communication. English is used as an international language, which is very
popular all over the world among other languages and many countries use it as
a means of communication.
Learning English is very important, because English has became an
International language. One country needs foreign language for
communication with another country. Realizing the importance of English, the
government stimulated that English must be taught as a compulsory subject in
our country since at elementary school. English is used in many fields of life
such as science, arts, technology, culture, politics, and medicine.
Seeing the importance of English, Indonesian students learn English as a
foreign language in their formal education. The similarities of the rule found
during their English study will bring them of study English easily. They will
meet difficulties when they face differences in the term of comparison. The
mistake or problem can occur in the structure. One of the structure grammar
problems is the adjective degrees of comparison, which covers a large number
of adjective together with the rules and inflection. This attracts the writer so
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