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1. The teacher
This research was conducted based on students‟ errors. The problem was about writing errors in students‟ descriptive texts. The teacher will get the benefit
of this research through the research result. The teacher can emphasize more on some parts of descriptive texts, grammar, or writing which the students were
facing difficulties in. According to Corder 1973, errors analysis could provide useful information about the teacher‟s technique effectiveness. Therefore, the
teachers could improve their technique in teaching, especially for writing. Using this research‟ result, the teacher could locate the students‟ weaknesses in
descriptive texts, writing and also grammar. Corder 1981: 10 also stated the benefit of Error Analysis as follows.
“First to the teacher, in that they tell him, if he undertakes a systematic analysis, how far towards the goal the learner
has progressed and, consequently, what remains for him to learn”.
Afterwards , the teacher could take some preventive actions toward the students‟
errors.
2. The Researcher
This research was conducted by the researcher as a thesis to obtain Sarjana Pendidikan
Degree in English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. This research was also beneficial for the researcher, because
this research enabled the researcher to elaborate more SMP Pangudi Luhur Yogyakarta seventh grade students‟ errors through Error Analysis. The problem of
this research was errors in students‟ descriptive texts. The researcher attempted to identify and analyze the errors found on SMP Pangudi Luhur Yogyakarta seventh
7 grade students‟ descriptive text. Corder 1981: 11 also stated the Error Analysis
benefit for the researcher as follows. “They provide to the researcher evidence
of how language is learnt or acquired, what strategies or procedures the learner is employing in his discovery of the language”.
3. The Students