ABSTRAK
Skripsi yang berjudul “ AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF GERUND TO THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013” berisi tentang analisa kesalahan yang dibuat oleh mahasiswa/i semester IV. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan jenis-jenis kesalahan, penyebab kesalahan dan kesalahan yang paling dominan yg dibuat oleh mahasiswa berdasarkan jenis-jenis kesalahannya. Dalam menyelesaikan penelitian ini, metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian lapangan dengan menerapkan metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 54 mahasiswa/i semester empat. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah dengan memberikan ujian mengenai penggunaan gerund yang disusun dalam dua bentuk, yaitu: tes melengkapi dan menuliskan paragraf pendek tentang “shopping”. Berdasarkan fungsi gerund, kesalahan-kesalahan yang dianalisis dibatasi hanya pada gerund as subject, gerund as (direct) object, gerund as subjec tive complement, gerund a fter preposition, gerund a fter possesive, dan gerund used in the nega tive a djective “no”. Sebagai hasil penelitian, ditemukan bahwa persentase kesalahan berdasarkan fungsi gerund yang paling tinggi adalah gerund as (direct) object 36,5% dan yang paling rendah adalah gerund as subjective complement 5,5%. Persentase kesalahan berdasarkan jenis kesalahan yang paling tinggi adalah kesalahan informasi 44% dan yang paling rendah adalah kesalahan susunan 6,6%. Jika disimpulkan dari 2.369 kalimat, hanya terdapat 21,6% kalimat yang salah dan 78,4% kalimat yang benar. Dengan kata lain, kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menggunakan gerund meningkat dibandingkan dengan hasil penelitian awal.
ABSTRACT
Thesis entitled "AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF GERUND TO THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013" contains about the analysis of errors made by the the fourth semester students. The purpose of this study is to find out the kinds of error, the cause of error and the most dominant error made by students based on the kinds of error. In completing this research, the method that is used is field research by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. The subjects were 54 students semester four. The instrument used to collect data is by giving a test about the use of gerund that is arranged into two forms, namely: completion test and writing a short paragraph entitled "shopping". Based on the functions of the gerund, the errors that were analyzed limitted to gerund as subject, gerund as (direct) object, gerund as subjective complement, gerund after preposition, gerund after possesive, and gerund used in the negative adjective "no". As the result of the study, it was found that the most dominant error in using gerund based on the function is gerund as (direct) object 36.5% and the less dominant error is gerund as subjective complement 5.5%. The most dominant error in using gerund based on the kinds of error is misinformation error 44% and the less dominant error is misordering error 6.6%. In conclusion, from 2,369 sentence, there is only 21.6% of incorrect sentence and 78.4% of correct sentence. In other words, the students’ ability in using gerund increase compared with the results of preliminary test.
