AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN EIGHT STUDENTS' DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. This study was conducted to describe the types of errors in the use of present simple tense in students' descriptive text of writing subject made by the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang. This study also aimed to make some contributions regarding the factors influencing errors in the use of the present simple tense in students' descriptive text.
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION
Background f The Study
So that's why the students should understand everything about descriptive text and how to make it good. Although the students have studied about descriptive text in the Indonesian context, they still make many mistakes while creating the descriptive text. With regard to all explanations above, the researcher tries to analyze the error of the use of the present tense in writing descriptive texts by the students among the eight students of SMPN 1 Kibang.
Focus of The Study
Problem Formulation
Objectives and Benefits of The Study 1. Objectives of The Study
This research is to identify the difficulties in using simple present tense to make descriptive text among the eight graders in SMP N 1 Metro Kibang. This research aims to explain the difficulties encountered by the eight graders in SMP N 1 Metro Kibang in using simple present tense to create descriptive text. The research can be a consideration for other researchers to conduct further research on either descriptive text or simple present tense.
Prior Research
Based on the previous studies, the author conducted the research titled "An Error Analysis on The Use of Simple Present Tense in The Students' Descriptive Text Writing Among the Eight Graders of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang". In this case, the researcher investigates the error of using simple present tense in the students' descriptive text writing among the eight scratchers of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang. The difference between this research and the above research is that this research only analyzes the error in grammatical aspect of simple present tense in the students' descriptive text writing among the eight graders of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang.
Theoretical Framework
- The Notion of Error Analysis
- The Differences Between Errors and Mistakes
- The Problems to Teaching of The Descriptive Text
15 Randall Vander Met, et al., The College Writer: A guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching, fourth edition, (Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2012), p. From the definition above, it can be said that the purpose of descriptive text is to give the reader information about the particular thinners in words such as place, person, situation or animal. According to Imelda Wardani et.al in the journal, “The generic structure of descriptive text consists of identification and description.
The present tense is used to describe everyday activities and habits, to make general statements of fact and to express opinion.19 Some verb, the present tense shows an existing state (something that is happening now). According to Sylvia Chalker, simple present tense is identical to the base of verb (except in the case of "be") and adds –s for third person singular (also called present (tense) simple).20 Furthermore, Raymond Murphy stated that we now simply used for things in general or things that happened repeatedly.21 Plus, Hewing Martin also explains the definition of simple present tense. he explained that we used the present simple to describe things that have always been true, or situation that exists now and, as far as we know, will continue indefinitely.22. Furthermore, according to Mark Lester, the simple present tense expresses factual statements and generalizations and describes predictable future events or actions.24.
It can be concluded from the above explanation that the present tense is a tense that expresses or mentions the activities that are habitual and factual and formed by the verb base except for the third singular subject by adding -s or -es in the verb of the sentence. The present tense uses the base of the verb and is added by -s or -es when the subject of the sentence is a third person singular (e.g. she, he, it, your friend, Mary). 23 Elaine Kirn and Darcy Jack, Interaction, p. 25 http://www.wordsmile.com/rumus-contoh-kalimat-negative-simple-present-tense.
In general, the simple present tense is used to state the event or ordinary action in the present tense. An error analysis of the se of simple present tense in the students' descriptive text writing among the eight graders of SMPN 1 Metro Kibang is to know how far the students understand simple present tense and descriptive text, also the application of simple present tense in construction. the sentences to make a descriptive text. There are many students who have difficulty understanding descriptive text about how they describe person, place or thing, what its purpose involves the generic structure and language features, and how to apply those descriptive features in the text.
RESEARCH METHOD
The Characteristic and Type of The Research
Source Data
Data Collection Technique
Observation will be used to obtain information when the teacher teaches the material in the classroom and to recognize the students' activity in learning35. The writer wants to know the phenomena of the use of present simple tense in students' descriptive text writing among the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang.
Data Analysis Technique
In this case, the writer takes the information from the descriptive text written by the students among the eight graders of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang, as well as the key data and the documents. Data reduction is the process of selecting, focusing, simplifying, abstracting and transforming the information that appears in transcription. The writer should present multiple individual perspectives and be supported by a variety of quotes and specific evidence.
It is the process of elaboration by providing the long argumentation and review of the research.
Approach
The writer reviewed the relevant literature to gain more understanding and knowledge about the use of present simple tense in students' descriptive text writing among the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang. The design includes the method used in the research, what, where, how and from whom the data will be collected. The writer takes the form of words (description, observation, and documentation) to organize and categorize.
It is the last step in which the writer reported the procedures, findings and conclusion in the research.
Research Result
- The Profile of the School
- Strategy
To arrive at the building of the SMP, the village leader and community figure of Margototo, who seriously intends the proposal to the regency and to the head of the commission. The proposal was not adopted directly because they wanted to hold an observation first to the site. Now the principal is SMP Negeri 1 Kibang Sri Suhartini, S.Pd., M.M. Besides that, SMP Negeri 1 Kibang Lampung Timur has applied the curriculum many times since it first established, such as 1985 syllabus, 1995 syllabus, 1997 syllabus, the supplement of 1997 and 2000 syllabus, KBK, KTSP and now 2013 syllabus.
To prepare the school that has good quality standards to face the future challenges, students are expected to be able to overcome the challenges and global competition by envisioning the vision and mission to realize a good standard school that brings Islamic values, science and science and science. technology. Creating a good graduation of SMP Negeri 1 Kibang Lampung Timur who have good quality of skills in religion and competent.
The Description of Research Result
The Kinds of Errors on the Use Of Simple Present Tense Made By Students Of Eight Graders of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang
He works in the field every day, but he usually gets a job to build a house. The students said they actually knew the pattern, but they were still confused and had trouble applying "being" in the sentence. I am very grateful to her.' This sentence demonstrates the addition error as the student added -s/-es in the singular when it should have been "I thank her very much.".
Your eyes to give light in life." This sentence points to the addition error. The suffix "ing" used is not relevant to the context because the context required the verb "do" to be written in the present tense. While there is actually "every day" at the beginning of the sentence as a time signal for simple present.
Discussion of the Findings
It should be changed to "He works every day in the fields, but he usually gets work to build a house." This mark shows that nearly 50% of students of all subjects had made many mistakes in using the present simple tense. Meanwhile, the omission error which really becomes the most frequent error was produced by 20 students.
Further, it is also necessary to know that the reasons of the students how they might make the mistakes while doing a paper assignment by using the present tense are actually almost the same. For example, some students admitted that they had difficulty applying "to be" in the sentence. From those reasons it can be concluded that the students do not fully understand the use of the present tense.
In fact, it is not only internal factors as well as students' lack of understanding of vocabulary, but also external factors such as inappropriate teaching method. This means that it becomes the factor that influences many students to make the mistakes. In doing so, it is expected that the teachers are more aware of the dominant factors that influence the students to make mistakes.
Lecturers can therefore find an appropriate solution to overcome the problem.
Conclusion
After conducting the research, conducting the analysis and presenting the results, the conclusion and suggestion of this study will be presented in this last chapter. According to the result of the analysis, the writer can conclude that omission are the mistakes that students often make in the eighth grade of SMP N 1 Metro Kibang.
Suggestion
- Wawancara dengan Kepala Sekolah SMP Negeri 1 Metro Kibang a. Bagaimana sejarah berdirinya SMP Negeri 1 Metro Kibang?
- Wawancara dengan guru Bahasa Inggris di SMP Negeri 1 Metro Kibang
- Wawancara dengan Siswa SMP Negeri 1 Metro Kibang a. Apakah anda menyukai pelajaran Bahasa Inggris?
For example, a teacher corrects students' writing assignments directly in class and explains their mistakes one by one. They need to pay a lot of attention to their students' mistakes by giving students more practical writing tasks to reduce the number of writing mistakes. When teaching English, the teacher should give an easy-to-understand explanation to make students more interested in learning English.
The teacher must not only be able to locate and describe the errors, but also understand the factor behind their occurrence.
Dokumentasi
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