STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN USING NOUN PHRASES IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA N 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

NOVIANTI, SUCI (2018) STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN USING NOUN PHRASES IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA N 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

The research was conducted based on the phenomena that happened in the school. Grammar is one of important composition in English. The students at the tenth grade of SMA N 2 Bandar Lampung still made grammatical errors especially in using noun phrases. The objectives of this research were to find out the errors done by students in using noun phrases, and to know the proportion of errors made by students at the tenth grade of SMA N 2 Bandar Lampung in The Academic Year 2017/2018. The research methodology was used descriptive qualitative. The data were taken from students’ writing task. The population of this research was all the sentences in using noun phrases made by students at the tenth grade of SMA N 2 Bandar Lampung that consists 123 students. The sample of this research was 187 sentences containing errors in using noun phrases based on Linguistic Category Taxonomy. The result of the research showed that there were three types of errors in using noun phrases made by students based on Linguistic Category Taxonomy. They were Head Error, Pre-Modifier Error and Post-Modifier Error. The proportion of errors was 95 items of Head Error (50.80%), 85 items of Pre-Modifier Error (45.45%), 7 items of Post-Modifier Error (3.74%). Furthermore, the researcher found that Head Error was the highest error made by the students. Generally, the students made such kinds of errors because they only transferred rules from their mother tongue. It happened since they did not really comprehend the target language. James said that this is including interlingual errors Keyword: Error Analysis, Grammar, Noun Phrases

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN UINRIL REFERENSI
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2018 03:49
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2018 03:49
URI: http://repository.radenintan.ac.id/id/eprint/4761

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