The analysis of the student’s punctuation error in writing descriptive text at grade X SMK Swasta Panca Dharma Padangsidimpuan

Harahap, Irmadani Fitri (2014) The analysis of the student’s punctuation error in writing descriptive text at grade X SMK Swasta Panca Dharma Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed the analysis of the students’ punctuation error in writing descriptive text at grade x SMK Swasta Panca Dharma Padangsidimpuan. The researcher identified many problems such as difficulties using punctuation in writing descriptive text. In this researcher, the researcher wanted to find out about the description of the analysis of the students’ punctuation error in writing descriptive text, students’ difficulties in using punctuation in writing descriptive text and the effort of the English teacher in overcoming difficulties of the students’ for using punctuation in writing descriptive text. This researcher used qualitative descriptive researcher, which the technique of collecting the data was using test, interview and observation to describe, analyze and summarize the data from the students’ answer in writing descriptive text. In analyzing errors of students in writing descriptive text, the writer used the steps; first identifying students’ error, second classify the errors based on the types of the errors, third counting the errors according to the types of the error, and the last take the percentage of error type. The checklist based on the surface strategy taxonomy was divided into four types they are : error of omission, error of addition, error of misformation, and error of misordering. In the end of this thesis, the writer took the conclussion of follows; that there four types of tense error students’ in writing descriptive text, they are: omission type with 16 cases (25%), then, error in addition type with 34 cases (53.123%) next, error type in misformation with 12 cases (18.75%) and the last, error in misordering with 2 cases (3.125%). The most dominant type punctuation error in writing descriptive text is addition type with 34 errors (53.125%), the errors that the students addition in put the punctuation in wrting escriptive text.

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