The researcher would like to express his gratitude to the people who assisted in the completion of this final project. All lecturers and staff of the Faculty of Language and Communication Sciences for their guidance, support and assistance during the studies. All friends in English education program, for solidarity while studying at Faculty of Language and Communication Sciences, Sultan Agung Islamic University.
Students' error in using simple present tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of surface strategy taxonomy (a qualitative research at the 10th grade of SMA Islam Sultan Agung 1 Semarang in the even semester in the academic year. The purpose of the study was to find out the students' mistakes in using simple present tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of Surface Strategy Taxonomy The population of the study was the tenth grade students of SMA Islam Sultan Agung 1 Semarang.
The sample of the study consisted of 38 tenth graders of X-IPS 1. The result of the study showed that the total number of errors was 91 errors. Students' mistake in using the simple present tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of surface strategy taxonomy. A qualitative study among the 10th graders of SMA Islam Sultan Agung 1 Semarang in the even-numbered semester of the academic year 2022/2023).
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kesalahan siswa dalam menggunakan simple present tense dalam menulis teks deskriptif dari perspektif Taksonomi Strategi Permukaan.
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the Study
- Reasons for Choosing Topic
- Statement of Research Question
- Objective of the Study
- Significance of the Study
- Limitation of the Study
- Definition of Key Terms
- Outline of the Study
According to Nurwanti & Sultiani (2021), descriptive text is a text that provides clear information about the object being described. Husna (2017) defines that descriptive text is a text in which the writer attempts to form an image of the object being described. In this study, Surface Strategy Taxonomy is believed to analyze students' errors in writing descriptive text.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher conducted research titled "Student Errors in Using Simple Present Tense to Write A Descriptive Text in the Perspective of Surface Strategy Taxonomy" to find out the students' errors in using simple present tense in writing descriptive text. Based on the background of the study above, the statement of research question in this study is formulated in: "What is the most common mistake made by the students in using simple present tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of Surface Strategy Taxonomy? ". The aim of the study is to know what is the most common mistake made by the students in using simple present tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of Surface Strategy Taxonomy.
This study focused on discovering students' common mistakes in using the present simple tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of the Surface Strategy Taxonomy. Nurwanti & Sultiani (2021) say that descriptive text is a type of written text that aims to describe specific things such as people, animals, places, things, etc.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
- Error
- Writing
- Definition of Writing
- Type of Writing
- Descriptive Text
- Definition of Descriptive Text
- Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
- Language Features of Descriptive Text
- Simple Present Tense
- Definition of Simple Present Tense
- Pattern of Simple Present Tense
- Function of Simple Present Tense
- Surface Strategy Taxonomy
- Review of the Previous Studies
It occurs because students do not clearly understand the language rules of the target language being learned. Exposition is a type of writing used to provide a concept and share information to readers. Argumentation or persuasion is a type of writing intended to convince readers of the validity of a particular argument.
A narrative is a type of writing used to share something that happens in a story. Descriptive is a type of writing that aims to visualize the present of the subject in the mind of the readers. Descriptive writing is a type of writing that is usually taught from high school to university.
Husna (2017) states that a descriptive text is a text that gives readers a visualization of the subject we are describing so that it will engage students more in the writing. Another definition comes from Nurwanti & Sultiani (2021), who state that a descriptive text is a text that provides clear information about the object being described. We can conclude that a descriptive text is a type of text that is intended to provide detailed information about a particular subject being described.
Nurwanti & Sultiani (2021) argue that identification contains information about the general description of the subject, while description contains special features possessed by the object being described. In short, identification provides general information about the specific object, while description provides a unique attribute that the object possesses. According to Fauziah (2022), the present tense is a kind of tense commonly used to express an activity that takes place habitually and repeatedly, or to express a general truth.
Hence, simple present tense is type of tense commonly used to describe event or action that is usually happening at the moment. According to Islami (2020), the pattern of simple present tense is divided into two forms: verbal sentence and nominal sentence. Simple present tense is usually used to express the specific event that is being held, to describe a general information or facts, and also to explain an activity that usually happens.
Misoderation is a type of error characterized by the incorrect placement of morphemes in an utterance. The purpose of the study is to find out what type of errors were made when writing descriptive text using the simple present.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Design of the Study
- Subject of the Study
- Data of the Study
- Instrument of the Study
- Data Collection Technique
- Data Analysis
It was used to measure students' ability to write descriptive text as well as to examine students' understanding of simple present tense. To find the mistakes, the researcher checks and corrects all the students' writing test. To find out the students' mistake in using simple present tense in writing descriptive text, researcher used a writing test as the instrument of the research.
In this sentence, the linking verb was needed to connect the subject "my mother" with the subject complement "a lovely mother". This sentence is incorrect because the subject “my mother” is a singular noun, so the verb 1. From the table above, it can be stated that the sentence: “My family, it is a small family.
The objective of the research is to understand the students' error in using the present simple tense to write a descriptive text in the perspective of Surface Strategy Taxonomy which was made by the tenth grade student of SMA Islam Sultan Agung 1 Semarang in even semester of the Academic Year. 2022/2023. An analysis of students' errors in writing descriptive text in the tenth grade of SMAN 1 Tulungagung in the academic year. Analyzing Students' Errors in Using the Present Simple (A Case Study in Junior High School in Makassar).
FINDING AND DISCUSSION
Finding
- Omission
- Addition
- Misinformation
- Misordering
Omission is a type of error that occurs because students do not place an item that should appear in the sentence. The findings are set out in table 4.1. As seen in the table above, some students did not put the linking verb in the sentences. This is the type of error that occurs because students put additional items that should not be added to the sentence.
From the data presented in the table above, it can be seen that some students also made the wrong placement of the adverb. It is incorrect because in the simple present tense the adverb must be at the end of the sentence.
Discussion
Addition is the opposite of omission, which means that it is a type of error that occurs because students place the extra items that should not appear in the sentence. Misinformation is a type of error in which students use the wrong form of morpheme or structure. Regularization is a type of error where students substitute the irregular form for the regular form.
Inflection is the error that occurs because students cannot choose a correct verb and grammar. Misordering is a type of error that occurs because students cannot arrange the sentence in order. In this case, students cannot put the subject, adjective and adverb in the right place.
Based on the above finding, this study is similar to the first previous study conducted by Masruddin (2019) in omission error as a common student error. From these results, it can be concluded that some students still have difficulty using the simple present tense to write descriptive text correctly. The research finding showed that the students made 91 mistakes when using the simple present tense to write a descriptive text.
According to the research result, the researcher wants to give recommendations to students, teachers and further researchers. First, the researcher suggests that students should regularly write a text in order to improve their writing ability. Also, students should pay attention to grammar rules to minimize mistakes in writing a text or sentence.
Secondly, the researcher suggests that the teacher should teach English. The students are given some writing exercises and guided in using the simple present tense to correctly write descriptive text. And finally, the researcher suggests to the other researchers to delve deeper into students' mistakes in writing other types of text. An Analysis of Students' Writing Skills in Descriptive Text in Class X1 Ipa 1 of Man 2 Padang.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Conclusion
Suggestion
The research finding showed that the students made 91 mistakes when using the simple present tense to write a descriptive text. gives students some writing exercises and guides them on how to use the simple present tense correctly when writing a descriptive text. Providing an interview with the students can be a good solution to find out the reasons for the mistakes.
Letter of Research Permission
Letter of Implementation Arrangement
Validation of Research Instrument
Expert Judgement
Research Instrument
Documentation
