ERRORS ON SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY THE FIRST GRADERS OF MAN REJOTANGAN

ZAHRONIYAH, HENIFATUS (2015) ERRORS ON SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY THE FIRST GRADERS OF MAN REJOTANGAN. [ Skripsi ]

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Zahroniyah, Henifatus. Student Registered Number 3213113013. 2015. Errors o n Sentence Structure in Writing Descriptive Text Made by the First Graders of MAN Rejotangan . Thesis. English Education Program. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Nurul Chojimah, M.Pd. Key words : Sentence structure error, Writing, Descriptive text Sentence structure is one of aspect that should be considered by students in writing. In real practice of writing, sentence structure hold important role in arranging a group of word. It will make a group of word more meaningful, which i s expressing a complete thought. However, some students may get difficulties in constructing correct sentence structure. As the result, they will commit error. Error in sentence structure can be identified and analyzed to give some contribution in attempti ng to decrease errors made by the students in writing. The formulation of the research problems in this research were: (1) what types of sentence structure errors are made by the first grade students of MAN Rejotangan in writing descriptive text? (2) what is the most dominant sentence structure error made by the first grade students of MAN Rejotangan in writing descriptive text? The objective of this research were: (1) to know the types of sentence structure errors are made by the first grade students of M AN Rejotangan in writing descriptive text (2) to know the most dominant sentence structure error made by the first grade students of MAN Rejotangan in writing descriptive text. This research is descriptive design with quantitative approach. The population of this research was all the first grade students of MAN Rejotangan in academic year 2014/2015. The sample of this research was X IPA 4 class which consists of 32 students. The instrument used in this research was writing test. The data analysis was using identifying and classifying the sentence structure errors into sentence fragment, run - on sentences and comma splice, choppy sentence, and stringy sentence. The result of this study shows that: (1) the types of sentence structure errors in descriptive text made by the first grade students on MAN Rejotangan in academic year 2014/2015 were sentence fragments, run - on sentences and comma splices, choppy sentences and stringy sentences (2) the students made the total 264 errors in their writing. In term of each error, sentence fragments appeared 182 times, run - on sentences and comma splice 69 times, choppy sentences 11 times, and stringy sentences 2 times. Therefore, it can be concluded that the most dominant errors made by students was sentence fragments. Based on the finding of the research, it is suggested that (1) English teacher should pay attention to the sentence structure errors that often made by students in composing writing. After knowing the students’ errors, the teacher have to give explanation and fe edback for their students related to the errors.(2) The student as learner should learn from their error and not to do the same again, and, if necessary they can look for information from teacher or reviewing related book. This research concern only analy zing sentence structure error in students’ descriptive text. So, other researchers are suggested to analyze other aspects in writing composition.

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