AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN USING DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVE AT EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP ISLAM AYATRA

Ummu Mashitho, Dyah Supraba Lastari, Abdul Rohim, Moh Iqbal Firdaus

Abstract


The objective of this research was to know types of students’ errors and the most common or least type of students’ error in using degrees of comparison of adjective at eight grade students of SMP Islam Ayatra. Degrees of comparison is an important element of grammar that rules how to change the form adjective to show a comparison. The research used qualitative method. The participants of this research consisted of thirty students. The source of the data in this research was collected from students’ written test in using degrees of comparison of adjective. The result of this research stated that there were four types of errors, they are omission, addition, substitution, and permutation. The total of them is 485 errors. The highest percentage type of error was substitution with 54,64% (total frequency of errors was 265). And the lowest percentage type of error was addition with 2,06% (total frequency of errors is 10).

Keywords


Degrees of comparison of adjective ; error analysis

Full Text:

PDF

References


Arifin, Zainal (2016). Evaluasi Pembelajaran. Bandung: PT Remaja Rosdakarya.

Elnoor, Abdelrahman M. Yeddi (2018). Grammar of English Explanation, Rule, and Drills. Abu Dhabi: Daulah Imaroh Arobiyah Al-Mutahidah

Herring, Peter (2016). The Farlex Grammar Book : Complete English Grammar Rules. Farlex International

Hinkel, Ali. (2018). The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

James, Carl. (2013). Errors in Language Learning and Use, Exploring Error Analysis. New York: Routledge

Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein (2012). Contrastive Analysis & Error Analysis. Iran: Rahnama Press.

Kumar, Ranjit (2011). Research Methodology, a Step by Step Guide for Beginners. London: SAGE Publication Ltd.

Sugiyono (2017). Metode Penelitian Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R&D. Bandung: Penerbit ALFABETA Bandung.




DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31000/globish.v11i2.6538

Article Metrics

Abstract - 686 PDF - 525

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.



Globish

Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang

Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan I/33, Cikokol 

Kota Tangerang, Indonesia

e-mail: globish_journal@umt.ac.id


Globish (p-ISSN: 2301-9913 e-ISSN: 2301-9913) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


 

Web Analytics
View Globish Stats