Statement of Authenticity
I am a student with the following identity:
Name : Agus Ratnawati
Student Number : 20130810103
Program Study : English Education Department
Faculty : Faculty of Language Education
University : Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Certify that the skripsientitled “Error Analysis on The Use of Noun Phrase in
Students‟ Writing at SMA Muhammadiyah 7 Yogyakarta” is definitely my own work. I am completely responsible for the content of this skripsi. Others‟ opinion or findings included in this skripsi are quoted in accordance with ethical standard.
Yogyakarta, May 18th 2017
The researcher,
Motto
Believe in God’s plans, God knows what the best
plan for us
Acknowledgement
I would like to dedicate my praise, love, and gratitude to Allah SWT who has been blessing and guiding me in every step of my life, so I could finish writing my skripsi well.
I would like to express my gratitude to Ms. Noor Qomaria A, M.Hum who had sincerely helped and guided me on making my skripsi better. I do not know how should I express my gratitude to you. You are the best supervisor that I ever had. You have spent your busy time to help me in finishing my skripsi. Your kindness is unforgettable. Thank you so much Ms. Ari.
I would like to express my gratitude to Ms. Maryam Sorohiti,M.H.Sc who had been my examiner. You are the most patient examiner that I ever had. You always corrected every small grammatical mistake in my skripsi, I did appreciate your work. I also thanked for spending your time to correct the errors in my skripsi.
I would like to say thank you to Ms. Puput Afriandhani, MA who also had been my examiner. I was impressed on your work in giving suggestions on my skripsi. You were very detailed in correcting the mistakes even just a mistake on one letter. You also gave me some suggestions to make my skripsi better. Thank you Ms. Puput for spending your time to read and correct my skripsi.
I gratefully thank to Bu Nanik, the English teacher at SMA
skripsi. I do appreciate your time and your kindness to help me in doing my research.
I also want to say a bunch of thank you for my family who always loves and support me. Thank you my mom, pah, and my beloved sister, Devi. I also say thank you for always pray for me. Now, your prayer has been heard by God, and your little daughter has been successful passing many obstacles during her study in the university.
I am very grateful to have some close friends who always support me. The first appreciation goes to Titik. Your support has motivated me to finish my skripsi as soon as possible. I want to express my appreciation to Rahayu who also have inspired me to finish my skripsi immediately. I also want to send my big thanks to my best friend Any, Titik N, and Imah who always support me in finishing my study.
The other thanks go to all of my friends. I want to say thank you to my twin Zahro, my close friends in the university and in real life Rahmi, Nurul, and Dini. Thank you for your prayer and support. I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to my classmates in PBI C 2013, Izza, Royan, Dea, Akbar, Arifin, George, Dina, Ita, Triana, Sasi, Melani, Billy, Ayu, Moli, Adil, Neti, El, Yasmine, Cici, Ai, Arif, Rekas, Erinda, Eka, Ida, Najmul, Gesta, Isna, Vita, Daisy, Dewi, and Hilmi who have been the most special friends during my study at EED UMY. Lastly, I expect that this skripsi can be useful for all of us. Ameen.
The author
Table of Contents
Title Page ... i
Approval Sheet ... ii
Statement of Authenticity ... iii
Motto ... iv
Acknowledgement... v
Table of Contents ... vii
List of Appendices ... x
Abstract ... xi
Chapter One ... 1
Introduction ... 1
Background of The Study ... 1
Identification of The Problem ... 3
Limitation of The Problem ... 4
Research Question ... 4
Objective of The Study ... 5
Significances of The Study ... 5
Chapter Two ... 7
Literature Review ... 7
Parts of Speech ... 7
Modifiers ... 11
Post-Modifiers ... 12
Pre-Modifiers ... 13
Errors and Mistakes ... 18
Error Analysis ... 19
Review of Previous Studies ... 20
Conceptual Framework ... 23
Chapter Three ... 25
Methodology ... 25
Research Design ... 25
Setting and Participants ... 25
Data Collection Method ... 26
Data Analysis ... 27
Chapter Four ... 29
Findings and Discussion ... 29
List of Appendices
