scholarly journals Error Analysis of Subject-Verb Agreement Made by Students in Meurandeh Langsa

Author(s):  
Rasyid Gunawan ◽  
Reny Lestari Indah ◽  
Putri Mulyani

This research aimed at identifying the subject-verb agreement errors in students’ writing. This research applied a descriptive research. The data were collected through test and non-test instruments. Test instruments were conducted through writing test and non-test instruments were through questionnaire and interview. The data obtained from both test and non-test instruments were conducted by employing descriptive analysis. This research analyzed students’ narrative writing based on Surface Strategy Taxonomy proposed by Dulay, Burt and Krashen (1982). This result revealed the types of error in subject-verb agreement in the students’ narrative writing covering omission, addition and misinformation. In conclusion, the students involved in the research made a number of errors. It was found that the students’ ability to use subject-verb agreement in English was still low.

Author(s):  
Gadis Selvia Sitorus ◽  
Kammer Sipayung

This thesis is the study about an error analysis of using phrases in writing recount text at tenth grader in SMA Parulian 2 Medan. The objective of the study is to identify the types of common phrases’ error made by the students of tenth grader in SMA Parulian 2 Medan in writing recount text. This study used descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this study is the tenth grade students of SMA Parulian 2 Medan which consists of three classes. The object of this study is class of X-A. The instrument of collecting data used writing test, writing recount text. The data were analyzed by identifying the students’ phrases errors by underlining each error from students’ answer sheet, after that classifying the types of error based on five types of phrases. Finally, the research result showed that there are 145 phrases errors made by the students X-A in writing recount text. The types of phrases which indicate common error is on noun phrase. The number of noun phrase error are 83 with percentage 57,24%, followed by verb phrase has 28 with percentage 19,31%, the third is prepositional phrase which has 22 with percentage 15,17%, the fourth is adjective phrase which has 10 with percentage 6,90%, the last is adverb phrase has 2 with percentage 1,38%.  It was caused the students constructed or arranged the words or sentences based on Indonesian meaning. English has different rules in constructing phrases. The students also were lack of knowledge about phrases. Therefore, English teachers are expected to focus on types of phrases in learning English.


Author(s):  
Aswani Jelita Sianturi ◽  
Novalina Sembiring ◽  
Fiber Yun A Ginting

The Research was aimed to analyze the error on pronoun made by the eleventh grade students of SMA Katolik Cinta Kasih Tebing Tinggi in Academic Year of  2020/2021. The subject of this research consists of 30 students in XI-MIPA-1. The objectives of the study were (1) To find out the types of error made by students in using pronoun. (2) To find out what causes the students made such error in using pronoun. This research used qualitative approach with descriptive research. The errors were collected, identified, and classified based on the Surface Structure Taxonomy by Dulay. It was specified by four types of errors namely omission, addition, misordering, and misformation.The result showed (1) The most common errors made by the students were misformation (52,0%) or 88 errors. The second was error in addition with the frequency (35,5%) or 60 errors. The third error was omission (11,2%) or 19 errors. The lowest frequency of error was misordering (1,1%) or 2 errors. (2) The students made such errors in using pronouns because of their less motivation of learning, lack of knowledge about grammar and English language, and minimal use of media by the teacher during teaching learning process. The teacher should create an interesting teaching, so it that can increase the students’ interest in learning English.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-131
Author(s):  
Budiyono Budiyono

The objective of this research was to know the improvement of students’ ability in writing descriptive text by using picture series media. The subject of the research was students on class H at VII (seven) Junior High School 19 Bengkulu City, there were 23 students. The form of this research was a classroom action research. The data of this research were gathered from the descriptive writing test and analyzed by using descriptive analysis. The result showed that there are an improvement of students’ ability in writing descriptive text by using picture series media on class H at VII (seven) Junior High School 19 Bengkulu City. It can be seen from the writing result on cycle I that students’ average score 70 (enough) and increased with 76,04 (good) after repaired on cycle II, then increased again after repaired on cycle III with 86,17 (very good).


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
Aprilia Dame Christanty Sihombing

This endeed of  research is to describe the place of the kolintang music ensemble to accompany the singin of the flag ceremony at SMP Sw. St. Paulus Sidikalang. This research is a qualitative descriptive research. The subject of this research is flag ceremony. The research focussed on the role of Kolintang music ensemble as song chanting. The data of the final research was obtained from the observations of the flag-raising activities, interview with teachers, student adan kolintang’s players in junior high school and take a documentation. Data were analyzed with qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. Data validity is obtained through data triangulation, observer triangulation, theory triangulation and method triangulation. The purpose of this research is to know and descriebing  kolintang music. Example, in this research is by using numbered data such as document, archieves, interview results, observation result or also by interviewing more thn one subject that is consideret to have a different point of view.The result showed that : (1) In accompaniying singing at the flag-ceremony, students used the basic notes G, C and F. (2) the tecnic to performed kolintang    were not wheeled with a kolintang played general. (3). After carrying out their duties as chanting accompaniment in the ceremony, students who performed kolintang first practice on kolintang extracurricular activities. (4) in the process of playing kolintang, each player must have a strong feeling so that the technic kolintang is harmonious. Keywords : Descriptive Study, Ensemble, Kolintang music


By adopting a Dick and Carey model, thepurpose of this study was to develop a multimedia humour model for the teaching of Malay narrative writing and test the effectiveness of the model in the classroom. This study was conducted to a group of 29 students at SekolahMenengahKebangsaan Syed Mashor, Batang Kali, Selangor. The research design was quasi experimental involving single group pre-test and post-test design. Following this design, participants were selected, pre-tested, and exposed to the multimedia video (animation) and then post-tested. The instrument used in this research was the writing test on Malay narrative focusing on cleanliness. Descriptive quantitative analysis was employed on the findings (frequency, percentage and mean) followed by a comparison of pre-test and post-test. The findings show that there were significant differences between the pre and post-test. In the post-test, the mean score for the participants after receiving the intervention were higher than the mean scores for the pre-test. The findings also reveal that the use of visual images (animation), sound and graphic through multimedia video for teaching Malay narrative writing help the students to improve their vocabularies and writing skills. Thus, teachers may also adopt this type of learning approach to attract student’s attention towards the subject and hence, improve their academic performance of a particular subject.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Mauli Dariantie ◽  
Aisyah Aisyah ◽  
Akhmad Faisal Hidayat

ABSTRAKPembelajaran matematika yang ingin dicapai salah satunya adalah memahami konsep matematis.Lemahnya  pemahaman  konsep  matematis  membuka  peluang  terjadinya  kesalahan.  Kesalahan secara spesifik meliputi kesalahan memahami soal, kesalahan membuat model matemat ika dan kesalahan menginterprestasikan jawaban kalimat matematika. Tujuan dari  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kesalahan yang dilakukan siswa kelas XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Kota Jambi dalam menyelesaikan tes kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis ditinjau dari Newman Error Analysis. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan  kualitatif.  Pengumpulan  data  dilakukan  dengan  menggunakan  menggunakan metode tes dan wawancara. Subjek penelitian diambil 2 siswa dari 18 siswa kelas XI IPS -3SMA Negeri 1 Kota Jambi. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kesalahan yang muncul saat siswa  menyelesaikan soal adalah : (1) kesalahan Memahami  (Comprehension Error)  yang meliputi subjek tidak mampu memahami keseluruhan pertanyaan pada penyelesaian pertidaksamaan, berdasarkan  lembar  penyelesaian  subjek  hanya  menjawab pertanyaan sebagian  saja tidak  sesuai dengan permintaan soal. (2) kesalahan keterampilan proses (Process Skill Error) yang meliputi subjek tidak mampu menjalankan prosedur   atau langkah-langkah dengan benar terkait   materi program linear, dan subjek salaah dalam melakukan oprasi perhitungan. (3) kesalahan penulisan (Encoding Error) yang meliputi subjek tidak menuliskan jawaban akhir sesuai dengan kesimpulan. berdasarkan lembar penyelesaian subjek tidak menuliskan jawaban akhir sesuai dengan permintaan soal. Kata kunci :  Matematis; Newman Error Analysis; Pemahaman Konsep. ABSTRACTOne  of  the  learning  mathematics  that  wants  to  be  achieved  is  to  understand  mathematicalconcepts. Weak understanding of mathematical concepts opens the opportunity for errors to occur. Specific errors include errors in  understanding  the problem,  errors in  making  mathematical models and errors in interpreting the answers to mathematical sentences. The purpose of this study was to describe the errors made by class XI IPS students at SMA Negeri 1 Jambi City in completing the test of ability to understand mathematical concepts in terms of Newman Error Analysis. This type of research is descriptive research using a qualitative approach. Data was collected using the test and interview methods. The research subjects were taken 2 students from18 students of class XI IPS-3 SMA Negeri 1 Jambi City. The results show that the errors that arisewhen students solve problems are: (1) Comprehension Errors which include the subject not being able to understand the whole question in solving the inequality, based on the completion sheet the subject only answers part of the question that is not in accordance with the question request. (2) Process Skill Error which includes the subject not being able to carry out procedures or steps correctly related to linear programming material, and the subject is wrong in performing calculation operations. (3) writing error (Encoding Error) which includes the subject not writing the final answer according to the conclusion. based on the completion sheet the subject does not write the final answer according to the question request. Keywords : Mathematical; Newman Error Analysis; Understanding Draft.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Guritno Aditya Warman

Despite its importance, translation is just newly concerned for studies. Maritime students learning Maritime English are often faced with translation activity, especially as a way to introduce new field-specific terms in the learning process. The complex nature of the field has become a challenge to the beginner learners involved in the activity related to the field. The purpose of the study is to investigate the types of error that students often make when translating maritime texts. The participants of the study were 5 maritime students at first year involving in the subject of Maritime English. Instrument utilized in the study was a checklist of translation errors adapted from the theory of Nord (1997). The results indicated that most of translation errors made were related to linguistics translation errors. The conclusion drawn was that the students faced a challenge concerning the lack of English vocabulary, both General English vocabulary and Maritime English terms.


ELT-Lectura ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
Syaefani Arif Romadhon ◽  
M. Taufik Qurohman ◽  
Muchamad Sobri Sungkar

Most students have difficulty in learning English especially for Writing material, because in addition to the problem vocabulary there is also a lack of student’s understanding of Grammar. It takes a while to work on Writing because it should consider the aspects of Vocabulary and Grammar. This research was conducted to find some Grammar errors which commonly done by students of Accounting study Program at Politeknik Harapan Bersama Tegal. So the purpose of this research is to analyze student Grammar mistakes in particular in descriptive text. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods as a method of research. Data presented in the form of descriptive analysis. From the results of the study showed that students make mistakes on the Verb Agreement 7.07%, Capitalizing 34.84%, Grammatical Error (Usage) 2.52%, Sentence Pattern 4.04%, pronoun 49.49%, Spelling 2.02%. From the result, it can be concluded that the students should learn Grammar especially about pronoun, because of the mistakes that most students do.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Rasmidar Samad ◽  
Ummul Rawiyah ◽  
Cisilia Septiany

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the comparison of frequency of wearing a protective eyewear and face shield at educational hospital and public service hospital in Makassar.Material and Method: This study is a descriptive research. It was conducted in March 2017 at dental hospital Hasanuddin University and at the dental and oral health service center (PPKGM) in Makassar. The subjects of the study are clinical students, dental professionals (resident), and dentist at department of periodontics and conservative at dental hospital Hasanuddin University and PPKGM. This research was done under direct observation on the subject of research. A descriptive analysis was done.Results: Number of operators at dental hospital Hasanuddin University who wore a protective eyewear were as many as 6 operators (5%) and none of the operators wore face shields while working. While in PPKGM the number of operators who wore a protective eyewear were as much as 4 operators (19%) and 11 operators (52%) wore face shields while working.Conclusion: The frequency of wearing protective eyewear and face shields at dental hospital Hasanuddin University is minimal and much lower than in PPKGM.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhartawan Budianto

The objective of this study was to find the types of errors made by the grade nine junior high school in using Simple Past Tense in writing narrative. The classification of errors in this study is divided into four categories; they are omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. The subject of this study consists of 17 students of nine grade of SMPN 2 Sidoarjo who have more than 100 words writing. The method used in this study was descriptive analysis method to describe students’ errors and analyze the data by using formula: = × %, P=Percentage, F=Frequency of errors made, N=Total of students’ errors. The data was taken from the test; it was written test. The findings showed that there are 63 errors made by the students in the first test. The most frequent errors made by the students in their narrative writing focused on the use of simple past tense is misformation which consists of 33 errors or 52%,  omission with 15 of total errors or 24 %,  addition with 12 of total errors or 19 % and  misordering 3 of total errors or 5%. The second test showed that there are 9 errors made by the students in the second test.  The most frequent error made in second test by the nine grade students of SMPN 2 Sidoarjo is omission with 5 of total errors or 45 %. The second is Misformation with 4 of total errors or 36 %. The next is Addition with 2 of total errors or 19 %. The last is Misordering 0 of total errors or 0 %.


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