IN STUDENTS' WRITING PERFORMANCE IN STUDENT WRITING IN THIRD SEMESTER ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF METRO STATE INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES. AN ANALYSIS OF EXCESSIVE ERROR IN STUDENT WRITING PERFORMANCE AMONG STUDENTS IN THIRD SEMESTER OF STATE INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Objectives and Benefits of Study
Objective of Study
Benefits of the study a. For the students
Prior Research
Based on the two studied above, the writer could see that the purpose of the study was known or the common writing error the students made. To understand the deeper problem, the researcher analyzed the writing performance of the students that contained logical reasoning and solid evidence that would convince readers to accept the point of view.
The Concept of Writing 1. The Definition of Writing
The Types of Writing
It tries to make readers feel like they are there or can visualize in their mind what the writer is describing. In expository writing, the writer aims to inform, explain, describe, or define their topic in order to get the readers to believe or disbelieve something.
The Process of Writing
As the first stage in the writing process, planning is a series of strategies designed to find and create information in written form. As the second stage in the writing process, writing is a set of strategies designed to organize and develop a sustained piece of writing.
The Characteristics of a good Writing
Gayle Feng Checkett mentioned four basic misconceptions about good writing that can make writing seem like a chore. The researcher found that good writing should be interesting, clear, concise, effective and reflect the authentic voice of the writer so that the readers get the information or message clearly.
The Concept of Error Analysis 1. The Definition of Error Analysis
The differences between Error and mistake
Brown argues that it is important to draw distinctions between error and error, theoretically in order to substantively distinguish fact. If students create only one incorrect time (slip) it is called a mistake, but when students make mistakes repeatedly it is a mistake that has the function of recognizing the students' ability.
Classification of Error
An error refers to performance errors that are either random guesses or a "slip" that is failure to utilize the known system correctly. An error, an apparent difference from the adult grammar of a native speaker, reflects the students' skills.23 It could be explained that distinguishing between errors and mistakes, through the students' experience.
Source of Error
The mentalist theory posits that errors are inevitable because they reflect different stages in students' language development. It claims that the learner processes new language data in her/his mind and produces rules for its productions based on the evidence.
The Concept Redundancy
The Definition of Redundancy
It will be pointless if we use the same meaning to tell the reader what we want. Dawson, Redundancy is the use of more words than are necessary to express a thought, or the use of two expressions which mean the same thing. It means that redundancy is the use of more than one word to express the same expression or purpose.
Shannon said: The redundancy relates to the extent to which it is possible to compress the language31. Besides that, Alice says about this, redundancy is the characteristic of written language that helps ensure that the reader gets the message, so it is another way through which readers and writers can connect in text33.
Types of redundancy
That's an example of what it defines: Acronyms or initials followed by a word that uses a word that is within the acronym. Note that the last word after the acronym is redundant because it is already used in the acronym itself. Redundant: No, Mom, of course I didn't,” Jessie replied, looking down, avoiding her mother's eyes.
As we saw in the sentences above, a lot of redundancy in writing can seriously degrade the quality of your writing and scare off the readers. There were some readers who didn't have the time and patience to read through a bunch of superfluous stuff.
Redundancy analysis in students’ writing performance
They just want clear and concise content that, of course, got straight to the point. And the last comment from the students is that they could not write sentences longer than 3 lines. James shows students that final exams in English are the most complicated thing they've ever done.
There are three main types or error leads to misunderstanding or miscommunication.41 Causes: the biggest is the use of translation from the first language. The sentences students use can be as lush and long as they like, just make sure that every word, every sentence, and every paragraph contributes something substantial to the writing.
RESEARCH METHOD
Types and Characteristics of Research
In this research, the researcher uses a type of qualitative research known as a case study. Creswell in his book stated that the case study is where the researcher investigates in depth the phenomenon, a program, an event, an activity, a process or an individual more.4 Meanwhile, according to. Case studies can be differentiated from other forms of qualitative research by the fact that these studies focus on a single unit or a bounded system.
The purpose of case study is to arrive at a detailed description and understanding of the entity (the case). Fifth, the qualitative research takes and uses one or more research strategies to guide the procedure in the qualitative research.
Data Resources
The researcher describes the participant, interprets the data, and then draws a conclusion about the predicted data. Therefore, the writer decides to use a qualitative approach to research and analyze common mistakes in student writing. The writer used a primary source (information directly from the people or situation under study) or a secondary source (second-hand accounts of people or situations written by others).
The author selected 30 students from the third semester of The State Institute for Islamic Studies of Metro as participants. The author chose this method because the author wants to know the phenomenon of writing difficulties in the third semester students of the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) in Metro.
Data Collection Method
- Test
- Interview
- Documentation
Qualitative interviews were special types of conversations or speech events used by researchers to explore informants' experiences and interpretations.8 The type of interviews that the researcher used were unstructured interviews. Unstructured interviews do not follow a system of predetermined questions and standardized techniques for recording information. This method was used to know the students' reason about why they made mistakes about redundancy in their writing performance.
We hope to know the causes of the mistakes that the students made in their sentences. It was not reactive so that the subject could not hide something from the researcher9.
Data Analysis Technique
Data in qualitative research is analyzed by reading and reviewing data (observation notes, interview transcripts and ) to detect themes and patterns that emerge. Interpretation may also involve discussion of how the findings of this study relate to findings of previous studies in students' writing.
Approach
Gary Anderson stated that a case study is a holistic research method that uses multiple sources of evidence to analyze or evaluate a particular phenomenon12. The case study had the following characteristics: (1) the case study takes place in a natural environment (2) the case study uses several methods such as observation, interview and document (3) the case study looks at a social phenomenon (4) the case study examines the issue holistically; and (5) the case study is fundamentally interpretive.
Description of Research Setting
- The Historical Background of IAIN Metro a. The Brief History of IAIN Metro
- English Teaching at the English Education Program (TBI)
The establishment of IAIN cannot be separated from the history of IAIN Raden Intan Bandar Lampung which started from the effort of elite and religious figures of Lampung Islamic Welfare Foundation (YKIL). Similarly, the Faculty of Education and Islamic Law was established in Metro City in 1967 based on the request of the Metro society. Now IAIN Metro has three faculties, namely Syari'ah Faculty, Tarbiyah Faculty, and Islamic Announcement and Communication Faculty.
The English Education Program (TBI) is one of the Strata 1 (S1) of the Tarbiyah Faculty of the State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN) of Metro which was established in 2007. According to the Implementation License of Study Program of the General Director, TBI is located in IAIN Metro at Jl.
General Description of Research Data
In this case, the researcher used the book Based on Prentice Hall for the types of excess that were explained in the second chapter of this research1. The most common errors found in the use of the word redundant were 114 errors along with the redundant phrase was 89 and the redundant clause was 23. There are some teachers and my seniors who should join the competition.
After calculating the number of errors, the researcher would like to detail the types of errors made by students regarding redundancy. In short, a redundant word is the repetition or rewriting of the same word or the same meaning in a sentence.
Recapitulation of Types of Errors
- What do you think about writing? Is writing difficult?
- What are your difficulties when learn about writing?
- Did you ever learn or listen about redundancy in writing?
- How often did you do redundancy of word or sentence in your writing?
- How often did you use two words which have same meaning in a sentence or two sentences which have the same meaning in a
- What is the main factor which causes the redundancy?
- How often did you ask your friend or teacher to check your writing?
- What is solution which you do to overcome redundancy?
- Limitation
- Discussion
- Suggestion
RN : writing is difficult ES : writing is very difficult RP : writing is very difficult DA : very difficult. LA : writing is difficult PAS : sometimes difficult IFJ : writing is difficult KM : Yes, writing is difficult FPH : yes, writing is very difficult. EA: It's about vocabulary and the patent of sentences TI: Sometimes I feel difficult in developing the main idea FI: Didn't understand the grammar and less vocabulary KSK: The hard thing about writing is about vocabulary and grammar BDP: How to write well and the reader understands.
Based on the students' statements, the main factor causing the redundancy in their writing was lack of vocabulary, and they did not. Students were still confused about avoiding redundancy in writing, especially in sentences or paragraphs. In the interview section, some students said that the hardest part of avoiding redundancy in writing is mastering grammar and vocabulary.
Therefore, the writer curious about the excessive mistakes that the student made in the performance of the student's writing paragraph.
