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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
A. Research Methodology
1. The Purpose of the Research
The purpose of the reasearch is to find out the errors that are commonly made by the students in writing recount paragraph especially
in grammatical errors and to know the causes of those errors.
2. The Place and Time of Research
The writer carried out the research at MTs N 8 Jakarta located on Jl. BTN Kresek Indah Duri Kosambi, West Jakarta. She held the research
from 10
th
-30
th
of November 2010.
3. The Method of Research
In this research, the writer used descriptive qualitative method. The method is purposed to analyze problems or cases happened at present. At
first, she focused on the problem. Then, she collected the data by giving the second year students of MTs N 8 Jakarta an essay test and analyzed
them through classifying their errors in English writing paragraph into eight variables as: tenses verb tense, diction, word form, usage,
sentence pattern, pronoun, spelling and punctuation. Moreover, she interpreted the data about what kind of error that mostly students made
by making the percentage. The final step, the writer concluded the result of research.
4. The Data and Data Source
The data source of this research is the second year students of MTs N 8 Jakarta. There are 243-second year students from seven classes of
MTs N 8 Jakarta. Then, she only took VIII-1 class as the data source of the research. The class consists of 34 students. But only 30 students who
did the test. Because 3 students were sick and 1 student was absent. The data of the
research is the students‟ writing test. The students should make recount paragraph that were related to the topic given. The
topic is about students‟ experineces on the last holiday. see appendix
5. The Technique of Data Collecting
To collect the data, the writer applied a test. She only gave the students writing test. The students had to write a recount paragraph about
students‟ experiences on the last holiday. The procedures of the research are:
1 Firstly, she met the headmaster to get his permission to make a
research in his school. 2
One week after that she came to the field and gave the students VIII- I the writing test. She also gave an instruction and some guidelines in
that that paper test. 3
Then, the students did the test in the classroom for 45 minutes. 4
Then, she collected their writing test. 5
After that, she analyzed their work in order to find the error that made by the students. She focused on the eight parts of errors in this
research. Those are tenses verb tense, diction, word form, usage, sentence pattern, pronoun, spelling, and punctuation.
6 Finally, she counted total error and made the percentage of error.
6. The Technique of Data Analysis
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