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ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS AT,
IN, ON BY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK
MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PURWOKERTO
A THESIS
Submitted to English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree
By :
Imam Pramudhita Pudyastowo 1201050085
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
APPROVAL
TITLE : ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING ENGLISH
PREPOSITIONS AT, IN, ON BY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PURWOKERTO.
NAME : IMAM PRAMUDHITA PUDYASTOWO
NIM : 1201050085
FACULTY : TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
DEPARTEMENT : ENGLISH EDUCATION
THESIS SUPERVISOR : Dra. Hj. TITI WAHYUKTI, M.Pd
APPROVED BY SUPERVISOR
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APPROVAL OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
TITLE : ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING ENGLISH
PREPOSITIONS AT, IN, ON BY YHE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PURWOKERTO.
FACULTY : TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Writer’s Identity
Name : IMAM PRAMUDHITA PUDYASTOWO
SEX : Male
Students : 1201050085 Department : English Education
Address : Wlahar RT 02 RW 05, Kec. Wangon, Kab. Banyumas, Jawa Tengah
Email : ipramudhita@yahoo.com
THESIS SUPERVISOR : Dra. Hj. TITI WAHYUKTI, M.Pd
APPROVED BY SUPERVISOR
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP
I hereby state that the thesis entitled Error Analysis In Using English Prepositions At, In, On by The Second Year Students of Smk Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto is my own original research result. There is no other’s work or
statement that i did not put in the references.
Purwokerto, 17 Januari 2017
vii University of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. In making this thesis, there were a lot of help and support from several people. Therefore, I would like to thank the followings for all the helps and support.
1. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum., the Dean of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty who permitted me to conduct this research.
2. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S., M.A., the head of English Education Department who has given the oppportunity and permission to do this research.
3. Dra. Hj. Titi Wahyukti, M.pd, my supervisor who gave her time to give suggestion, guidance, and helps patienly during the process of writing this thesis.
4. All of the lecturers in English Education Department. 5. The headmaster of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto.
6. The English Teacher of second grade students o SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto who already helped me in collecting the data.
Finally, this thesis is hoped to be able to provide useful knowledga and informattion for the readers, although I am sure, there are still many weaknesses in this thesis. Therefore, suggestions from the readers in order to make it better will be really appreciated.
Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb
Purwokerto, 17 Januari 2017
ix Basit S.pd., who have given me the greatest support, love, strength, care, and everything. Thank you for your hard work and your patience to me. 2. My sister, Anindha Hana Diya Pawestri. Thank you for your support, love
and care.
3. Muajibah Yuniati S.kom., Thank you for your strength, support and your patience to me.
4. My rainbow family, Wanda, Ragil, Ginanda, Anah, Adit, Bankit, Leni, Puspa, Lastiti, Tika, Dayang, Eka, Wenti, Yuli, Septian, Mas Bayu, Eko, Dona, Livah, Widi, Riris, Indah, Niswah, Tiyas, Oktri, Tati, Erna, Yuli 5. My lovely students of SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto, thank you for
MOTTO
“ Do not be sad, Allah is with us “ ( At – Taubah 9 : 40 )
“ Be patient, because the sweet will come after the bitter” ( Anonymous )
xi ABSTRACT
ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS AT, IN, ON BY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 1
PURWOKERTO
By :
IMAM PRAMUDHITA PUDYASTOWO 1201050085
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE ... i
APPROVAL ... ii
LEGALIZATION ... iii
DECLARATION LETTER ... iv
APPROVAL OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE ... v
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
DEDICATION ... ix
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the research ... 1
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Preposition and Their Function ... 5
B. Type of Prepositions ... 5
C. The Important Learning of Prepositions ... 7
D. The Usage of English Prepositions at, in, on Indicating a position ... 8
xiii CHAPTER III METHOD OF STUDY
A. Method of Research ... 11
B. Place and Time Research ... 11
C. Subjwct of The Research ... 12
D. Technique for collecting Data ... 12
E. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 13
CHAPTER IV FINDING and DISCUSSION A. Research Finding ... 14
B. Discussion ... 20
CHAPTER V CUNCLUSION and SUGGESTION A. Congclusion ... 23
B. Suggestion ... 23 REFERENCES
LIST OF TABLE
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LIST OF FIGURE
Chart 4.1 Error Frequency of Using “at, in, on” ... 15 Chart 4.2 Error of Type Selection and Insertion ... 16
Chart 4.3 Percentages Error of Type Selection and Insertion Preposition “at” ... 17
Chart 4.4 Percentages Error of Type Selection and Insertion Preposition “in” .... 18
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendixe 1. Test snd Answer sheet Appendixe 2. Result of The Student’ test
