Research Design An Error Analysis Of Students’ Ability In Using Gerund (A Case Study At The Second Year Students Of Smk Taman Ilmu Depok)

to answer the research questions. Meanwhile, the primary data to answer the research questions, he used data from the test. Secondly, he analyzed the data. Next, he described the errors including classifying them into the types of errors, which were presented it in the tables. To fin d out the effectiveness of error analysis of students’ ability in learning gerund, the writer used distribution frequency relative or descriptive analysis technique percentage formula. This was adopted from Allan G. Bluman and described in the table percentage. In the table percentage the writer used the formula: P = Percentage f = Frequency of each error type n = Sum of the errors 3 The next step is, explained the errors. In this step, the writer explained why errors occured by classifying them into the sources causes of errors, which he adopted from Jack C. Richard, and then he evaluated the errors. To evaluate it, he used comparative taxonomy to measure the effect of those errors in grammatical structure and writing aspect. Finally, by looking up the result of the analysis, he drew some conclusions. 3 Allan G. Bluman, Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach, 5 th edition, New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004, p. 68. f P = X 100 n CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING

A. Data Description

1. Result of Test

Gerund is a word derived from a verb and performing the function of both a verb and a noun. A gerund is used in the same ways as a noun, namely as a subject or an object. The table below is the classification of the uses of gerund into tested areas: Table 4.1. Material Display within the English Test Items No. Tested Area Number of Items 1 Gerund as Subject of a Sentence 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29 2 Gerund as Object of Preposition 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30 3 Gerund as Direct Object of Certain Verbs 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 4 Gerund as the Complement of a Sentence 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32 Adapted from students’ test item Based on the table 4.1. there are four function of gerund, namely gerund as subject of a sentence, gerund as object of preposition, gerund as direct object of certain verbs, and gerund as the complement of a sentence. The test consists of 32 items which are asking about four function of gerund, they are gerund as subject of a sentence number items are 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, gerund as object of preposition number of items are 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, gerund as direct object of certain verbs number of items are 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, and gerund as the complement of a sentence number of items are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32. By analyzing the students’ answer sheet, the writer obtained their score of test result. There are two students who got 21 correct items, and they are 34