Error analysis in using relative clauses in students’ writing descriptive text at grade XI SMA N 1 Sibuhuan- Kecamatan Barumun

Hsb, Samni Purnama (2017) Error analysis in using relative clauses in students’ writing descriptive text at grade XI SMA N 1 Sibuhuan- Kecamatan Barumun. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The aims of this research were to know the students omission error, addition error, misformation error, and misordering error in using relative clauses in writing descriptive text, and to know the teacher’s effort to prevent students error in using relative clauses in writing descriptive text at grade XI SMA N 1 Sibuhuan- Kecamatan Barumun. The kind of this research was qualitative research by using descriptive method. The sources of the data were students at grade XI which consist 20 students, and English teacher. The instrument of collecting data was test and interview. The technique of data analysis used formula P = f/ N x 100 %. After the research was done, the researcher took conclusion as follows: based on the surface structure taxonomy, there are four types of error, they are: error in omission type was 29 cases (25.89 %), then, error in addition type was 1 case (0.89 %), then, error in misformation type was 3 cases (2.67%),and error in misordering type was 79 cases (70.53%). So, the total of students error in using relative clauses in writing descriptive text was (112 errors). The most dominant type of students’ error was error in misordering type with 79 cases (70.53%).

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