creators_name: 0613042011, ISKA EVITA
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datestamp: 2016-01-22 04:28:38
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title: AN ANALYSIS OF TENSES
PARAGRAPH WRITING AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMA NEGERI 4
BANDAR LAMPUNG
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subjects: General
full_text_status: public
abstract: Writing is a productive skill which in order
to deliver message from the writer to the reader. In addition, writing as a complex
skill is the most difficult skill to master since this language skill requires the skill
of organizing ideas, putting the right vocabularies and using grammar as the
structure of the composition (Meyers, 2005:2). Beside that, it is possible for the
students to make errors in their writing because making error is a part of learning
process. Dullay et.al (1982:138) states that errors are the flawed side of learner
speech or writing. Analyzing the
develop the appropriate material and technique in teaching learning process.
The objectives of this research are (1) to find out whether there are errors of past
class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 4
Bandar Lampung, (2) to identify the types of tense errors made by students in
writing narrative paragraph, (3) to find out the proportion of the errors.
In doing the research, the researcher used descriptive method. It means that the
researcher described and analyzed
taxonomy and communicative effect taxonomy. The subjects in this research were
the students of class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 4 Bandar Lampung. The Instrument
for collecting the data was writing task with clear direction and several questions
that lead to the topics in order to make it easier for the students in expanding their
narrative paragraph writing. The focus of the research was on errors of past tense
as one of basic tense in English. In analyzing the data, the researcher used steps as
follows (1) recognizing the errors, (2) interpreting the errors, (3) reconstructing
the errors, (4) classifying the errors and (5) computing the errors based on surface
strategy taxonomy and communicative effect taxonomy.
By referring to the two taxonomies which are used in this study, It can be inferred
that, the highest frequency of errors is from anomalous verbs or auxiliaries errors
(603 items/51.2 %), followed by irregular verbs errors (163 items/13.8 %), regular
verbs errors (162 items/13.7 %), and modal auxiliaries errors (23 items/1.9 %). By
seeing the types of errors, it can be concluded that misformation errors rank first
(399 items/33.9 %), local errors rank second (380 items/32.3 %), omission errors
rank third (93 items/7.9 %), addition errors rank fourth (62 items/2.7 %), global
errors rank fifth (9 items/0.8 %), and misordering errors rank sixth (8 items/0.7
%).
Considering students problem in using tense, it is better for the teacher to explain
the kinds or types of regular verbs, irregular verbs, modal auxiliaries and
auxiliaries, and how to use them in present or past form. The students need to
understand about them. The practices or exercises are required by students to
build their mind that each sentence of English needs proper verbs, modal
auxiliaries or auxiliaries.
questions that lead to topics is a good way to develop
practice or exercise for the students in using proper tense in their writing.
date: 2016-01-16
date_type: published
publication: Digilib Library
refereed: TRUE
citation:   0613042011, ISKA EVITA  (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF TENSES PARAGRAPH WRITING AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMA NEGERI 4 BANDAR LAMPUNG.  Digilib Library.       
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/18684/1/0613042011-abstract.pdf
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/18684/2/0613042011-kesimpulan.pdf
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/18684/3/0613042011-pendahuluan.pdf