AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN THE USE OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE ON RECOUNT WRITING AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 16 PALEMBANG

astuti, tri (2017) AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN THE USE OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE ON RECOUNT WRITING AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 16 PALEMBANG. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN Raden Fatah Palembang.

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Abstract

Errors which were made by English Foreign Learner (EFL) may occur in any level. This study describes the errors in the use of simple past tense on recount writing which were made by the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 16 Palembang. The aims of this research were 1) to find out the types errors in the use of simple past tense on recount writing at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 16 Palembang, and 2) to find out the most frequent type of error in simple past tense on their recount writing. The qualitative descriptive method was used in this research. Furthermore, 32 students of the tenth grade were selected to be the participants of this research. The data were collected through writing test. In analyzing the data, the writer used Surface Strategy Taxonomy theory which was proposed by Dulay (1982). This study revealed that: 1) the participants contributed error in omission, addition, misformation, and misordering, and 2) the most frequent type of error based on Surface Startegy Taxonomy contributed in error in misformation, there were 153 errors made by the tenth grade students with the percentage of (64, 28%). It was followed by the second error, omission which was occurred as many as 72 errors on the students’ writing with the percentage (30, 25%). The third position was error in addition 9 (3, 78%), the last position was misordering 4 (1, 68%). The identified source of errors was mainly from the participants overgeneralized the rules in constructing verb, that is there is no the changing of the verbs from infinitive into past form. It indicated that the participants faced the difficulties in changing the verb because the differences of grammar between English and Indonesia. Keywords: Error, error analysis, surface strategy taxonomy, simple past tense, recount text.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate Thesis)
Subjects: ?? L1 ??
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > 88201 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: UPT Perpustakaan Pusat
Date Deposited: 27 Sep 2021 08:01
Last Modified: 27 Sep 2021 08:01
URI: http://repository.radenfatah.ac.id/id/eprint/12730

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