An analysis of students’ error in using preposition of place at the second year students of MTs N 1 Model Padangsidimpuan

Nasution, Fitri Handayani (2013) An analysis of students’ error in using preposition of place at the second year students of MTs N 1 Model Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focus to analyzing of students’ error in using preposition of place. The research was conducted with descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. The subject of research was grade VIII-4 MTs N 1 Model Padangsidimpuan which consisted were 40 students. The purpose of the research was to know error types are made by MTs students in using preposition of place based on Surface Strategy taxonomy, to know the common errors made by the students in using preposition of place and to know the efforts of English Teacher in overcoming the difficulties in MTsN1 Model Padangsidimpuan There were 2 instruments in collecting data: test and interview. Data was processed and analyzed with qualitative process. In order to gather the data accurately on students’ error of preposition of place. The writer gave a writing test. In writing test, the materials of preposition of place that had been tested are: in, outside, inside, on, at, the bottom of, above, under, near, beside, behind, between, among, opposite, in front of, in the middle of, below. In writing test, the students made two sentences for 17 preposition of place and sentence completion test by using the correct preposition of place in which the item consists of 50 items. Here, the students is ask to make sentences by using the list of preposition of place given. The time allocate for the test is 2 x 45 minutes. Every questions has 2 score, so the total score will be 100. Based on the result of test given, it is found that most students made errors in using preposition of place on their sentence writing. Based on the total errors (183 errors) for writing test that the students made, the highest percentage of errors belong to substitution type (74,55%) and the lowest percentage of errors is misordering type (4.14 %), for the sentence completion test (316 errors), the highest percentage of errors is also on misformation type 86.39 % and lowest percentage is addition (5.37).

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