C. The Participant of The Research
The subject of the research is the eighth year students of SMPN 3 Tangsel which is devided into Eighth regular classes 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5,
8.6, 8.7, 8.8. the writer uses purposive samplingto take the sample that is a class 8.8.The writer only took 30 students.
D. Instrument of The Research
The instrument of the research is test. The test is an essay writing test about „Describing your idol’ which is guided by four question. So that the
students need to make a paragraph based on the insruction given.
E. Techniques of Data Collecting
To measure the ability of students, the writer takes essay writing in the paper that is given as the test to the second grade student of SMPN 3
Tangerang Selatan.The writing test that students made indicates their understanding in using grammatical in descriptive text.Before the students do
the test, the writer givesthe explanation and direction about what the students should do with the test.
Table 3.1 Table of Specification of Test Instrument
No Standard of
Competence Basic
Competence Indicators
Instrument
1.
Writing
Expressing meaning in the
simple short fuctional
written text and essay in
form of descriptive and
recount related to students’
immediate environment
Expressing meaning and
step of rhetoric in simple short
written text using kind of
language accurately,
fluently and related to
environtment in written
descriptive and recount form.
The students are expected
to be able to write an
essay writing in the form of
descriptive and recount
Type of instrument
Descriptive writing
Instrument
Write a descriptive text
about your idol Write the
text in two paragraphs.
Based on generic
structure of descriptive
text.
F. Technique of data analysis
The data collected will be analyzed by using procedures in doing error analysis. The procedures consist of five steps based on Corder.It consists
collecting of the sample, identification of error, describing student’s errors after that she explanation of the error.This step attempts to account for why
the errors occur. It means to determine the sources causes of the errors based on Corder theory beside that the writer uses interview as supporting data.
Thus, the James table can be seen as below. Table 3.2
Description of Error
LEVEL
MODIFICATI -ON
SUBSTANCE TEXT
DISCOURSE GRAMMAR
LEXIS Graphology
Spelling RANK:
Clause-Phrase- Word-
Morpheme CLASS:
Noun,Verb,Adje ctive,
Adverb,Preposit ion,
Conjunction,etc. Sense
Relation Colocati-
Ons Cohesion
Coherence Gender-Fidelity
Felicity
Ommision Addition
Selection Ordering
Kategori