THE STUDY OF ERRORS COMMITTED BY THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 10 DENPASAR IN ENGLISH WRITING
TITLE
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Title :
THE STUDY OF ERRORS COMMITTED BY THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 10
DENPASAR IN ENGLISH WRITING
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Authors :
Ni Nyoman Ayu Sastraparamita, Dewa Komang Tatra, Nyoman Adi Putra.
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University :
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
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Email : (j.sastraparamita , komang.tatra ,
jaya.putra)@pasca.undiksha.ac.id
ABSTRACT
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Concept :
This study was focused on analyzing the types, the sources and the management
of errors committed by the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 Denpasar in
writing descriptive and narrative paragraphs.
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Object : The eighth grade students of SMP
Negeri 10 Denpasar.
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Method :
Assigning students to write descriptive and narrative paragraphs.
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The Findings :
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The first research finding shows seven errors
namely title of the paragraphs, the topic sentence, the development of
paragraphs, the coherence, the diction, the grammar, and the mechanics.
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The second finding shows the four sources of
errors namely absence of knowledge about writing indicators, less practice in
writing descriptive and narrative paragraphs, forgetting about grammatical
rules, spelling and the usage of the words.
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The third finding shows that the types and
sources of errors remained the same, however the number of students committed
and reasoning such errors are reduced.
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Keyword :
Process Approach, Sources and Types of Errors, Writing
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Words :
253 Words
INTRODUCTIONS
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Fact :
The students of SMP Negeri 10 Denpasar also had problems to develop sentences
and in mechanics. Some students commonly had difficulty to develop sentences
for the second paragraph. They only can write one or two developing sentences
out of four developing sentences. The students also made errors in using
mechanics. There were no commas or full stops on the right place in some
students’ written text. Because of this, the students who were actually able to
develop four sentences seems like to write one sentence. The wrong position of the
commas also made the students committed errors in mechanics. The errors were
found in capitalization too. There are some words written in small letters
which actually should be written in capital letters.
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Theory :
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(Depdiknas, 2003:18) Writing is a productive
skill. Based on the curriculum content, writing is considered as an important
language skill in learning English. It emphasizes on the competition both
standard and basic competencies achieved in teaching and learning process. The
competency standard that has to be acquired by the students is the ability to
communicate in oral and written forms based on social context by using the
target language fluently and accurately in an interactional discourse and a
monolog which involves discourse in terms of descriptive, narrative, procedure,
report, news items, anecdote, exposition, explanation, discussion, commentary
and review with varied interpersonal, ideational and textual meaning.
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(Diliberto, 2013) There are 5 steps in using
process approach: 1) Pre-writing, 2) Drafting, 3) Revising, 4) Editing and 5)
Publishing.
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The research :
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To identify the types of error committed by
eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 in writing descriptive and narrative
texts in English.
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To analyses the sources of error committed by
eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 in writing descriptive and narrative
texts in English.
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To over possible solution to manage the errors
committed by eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 in writing descriptive and
narrative texts in English.
The
subject of the study was two classes of the eighth grade students in the
academic year 2013/2014. They had been selected as the subject of the study
because based on the result of the observation and the result of an interview
conducted to the English teachers there. The teachers declared that both two
classes as the weakness classes in English writing. There were 93 students
chosen as the subjects of the study.
METHOD
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Subject :
The analysis to the types of error that committed by the students was based on
relevant theories.
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Location :
SMPN 10 Denpasar
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Technique :
There were three stages in this step of research. They were preparation,
implementation and finalization of the research. The three stages were as
follows.
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The Research Preparation
The researcher designed the lesson plans
and writing tasks for class VIIIC and VIIIE. The students should write
descriptive and narrative texts in English. After that, the researcher asked
permission to the headmaster of SMP Negeri 10 Denpasar and setting up the
schedule of the research. The research ran in May 2014. The researcher used
regular schedule in replacing the real English teacher in both classes. There
were five meetings for each descriptive and narrative texts. Each meeting had
80 minutes for time allotment.
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The Research Implementation
The researcher introduced the process
approach in the first 3 meetings since it is not familiar for the students. The
teacher used process approach in teaching students writing descriptive and
narrative texts in English. The fourth meeting was used to apply the process
approach, to make sure that the students were able to follow the five steps in
the process approach.
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The Research Finalization
The writing tasks were given in the last
meeting. The students should write descriptive and narrative texts in English.
It is said as the finalization phase. The result of this writing tasks was then
analyzed.
CONCLUTIONS
This study focuses on the analysis
of types, sources and management errors made by eighth grade students of SMP
Negeri 10 Denpasar. This study was designed to be qualitative descriptive
through observation.
The first research finding shows seven
errors namely title of the paragraphs, the topic sentence, the development of paragraphs,
the coherence, the diction, the grammar, and the mechanics.
The second finding shows the four
sources of errors namely absence of knowledge about writing indicators, less
practice in writing descriptive and narrative paragraphs, forgetting about
grammatical rules, spelling and the usage of the words. Some errors are unclassifiable
based on previous criteria.
The third finding shows that the types
and sources of errors remained the same, however the number of students committed
and reasoning such errors are reduced.
SUGGESTIONS
English teachers of the eighth grade
students of SMP Negeri 10 Denpasar in the academic year 2013/2014 should think
to use the process approach in teaching the students, especially in writing
subject. Teachers also need to make sure their students comprehend the subject,
the indicators of writing, and any texts that are taught to avoid the
occurrence of errors on students' writing. Teachers need to give feedback in
every single error of students, especially in writing. By giving feedback for
students, students can realize their errors, and it will reduce the errors in
next writing.
