Students’ error analysis in using prepositional phrases at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Batang Angkola

Hidayah, Sahron (2019) Students’ error analysis in using prepositional phrases at grade XI SMA Negeri 1 Batang Angkola. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focused on students’ error in using prepositional phrases function as post-modifier of a noun, post-modifier of an adjective and as adverbial. Those errors was analyzed by using surface strategy taxonomy; omission, addition, misformation and misordering. This research was conducted to students XI MIA 4 of SMA N 1 Batang Angkola because of the complexity of preposition and the tendency of making error in using prepositional phrase is high. The objectives of the research were to know the error type committed by the students and to know the common error committed by the students in using prepositional phrase. This research was qualitative approach in using descriptive method conducted in SMA N 1 Batang Angkola began from February 2018 finished on April 2019. Subject and source of data were Students at class XI MIA 4. There were thirty two students took participation in this research. Techniques of collecting data were test, document and interview. Then for technique of checking trustworthiness of the data the researcher used triangulation. Having presented and analyzed the data the researcher found that the students committed all the error types based on the surface strategy taxonomy; omission, addition, misformation, misordering. The common error based on surface strategy was addition error on prepositional phrase function as post-modifier of a noun which was found thirty nine errors committed by the students. The common error on the function of prepositional phrase was on prepositional phrase function as adverbial. There were eighty three errors found on this function of prepositional phrase.

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