simple as this, and some grammarians prefer to avoid the terms ‗participle‘ and ‗gerund‘‖.
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Based on the statement above, the writer would like to take
“An Error Analysis in Using the Verb-
ing Forms”, A Case Study at the Eleventh Year Students of SMA Darul Muttaqin
as her ‗skripsi‘‘s title.
B. Identification of the Problem
There are many factors that causing an error in using verb-ing forms. Some of them come from the students themselves, such as lack of knowledge of verb-
ing forms, the encouragement in study, and many other factors. While some other factors come from the teacher who taught it, such as the ability to explain the
material well, the method and the learning material used in teaching verb-ing
forms, etc.
C. Limitation of the Problem
From so many factors causing the errors in using verb-ing forms, in this research, the writer focuses on analyzing the errors made by the first year students
of senior high school in making sentences using the verb-ing forms and causes of the errors. To make a description more focus, the writer limits the problems into:
the kinds of errors made by the students in making sentences using verb-ing forms based on Dullay‘s theory, and the causes of their errors based on Richards‘s
classification.
Based on the description above, the writer formulates the problem of research as follow:
1. What is the common error made by the students of senior high school in
using verb-ing forms?
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2. What are the causes of error made by the second year students of senior
high school in using verb-ing forms?
D. Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to analyze the common error made by the students in using the verb-ing forms in order to know its causes. From those
analyses, the errors can be decreased by finding the appropriate teaching methods.
E. Significance of the Study
The findings of this study can provide the useful information for the teachers, the students, and also the further researchers. For the teachers, the
findings of this study can be used as resources in finding the best method in teaching by knowing the most error made by the students in using the verb-ing
forms. As for the students, this can improve their understanding of verb-ing
forms.
For the future researchers who are interested in analyzing the errors in using verb-ing forms at senior high school level can get basic information from this
study to do the further research better.
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