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C. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
The instrument used in this research was the researcher herself. The inappropriate nouns found in the students’ writing were analyzed by the researcher.
She derived the semantic features of the synonymous nouns using Thesaurus and dictionary.
D. DATA GATHERING TECHNIQUE
The data were obtained from the students’ writing in the progress test I of Short Essay I class on September 18, 2007. In this test, the students had to write a
narrative passage and a passage of describing people. So, the researcher borrowed the students’ writing from the lecturer as the source of data. The researcher looked
for the inappropriate nouns in the students writing. Then the nouns were listed and selected so that there were fifteen nouns. The fifteen nouns were the most frequent
nouns used by the students. The amount of the nouns were a half of the inappropriate nouns found in the students’ writing.
E. DATA PROCESSING
As it was stated in the research instrument, the study was a document analysis. The inappropriate nouns found in the students’ writing were analyzed.
They were selected into fifteen nouns. Those fifteen nouns were the data used. The words were selected based on the rank from the most frequent errors made by the
students. To know the rank, there was a table to analyze which nouns were in the fifteen top ranks. The table is illustrated like below:
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Inappropriate Nouns
Inappropriate Nouns Appeared
Appropriate Nouns Appeared
Total Students
Using The Noun
The inappropriate nouns were taken from the students writing in class A and D. But the counting of finding the number of the students correctly used the nouns
is only based on class D writing. The fifteen nouns from the students’ writing were analyzed further using dictionaries and other documents in the library. Those words
were looked for their synonyms through Thesaurus Study. Then the analysis was conducted and after that, there was an explanation and examples of the sentences
using those synonymous nouns. For examp
le, the researcher found the inappropriate noun in the student’s writing. It was home. Then the researcher looked for the synonym of the word home
in the Thesaurus. It was house. The next step, the library study was conducted to find the semantic features. In the dictionary, the researcher found the definition of
house as a building made for people to live in and home as the place where one lives with one’s family. The researcher concluded that the similarity of home and house
was that they shared the same feature of being a place to live. The difference was that home is referred to the family or circumstance inside but house referred to the
building or physical appearance. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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F. RESEARCH PROCEDURE
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