1.34.35.36. 3.
Preposition of direction 2.8.11.12.15.20.23.25.32.33.39.40.
After conducting the test, the researcher analyzed the data from the students’ test to find out the errors that students made in hisher answer by circling
each erroneous item. After identifying the data, the researcher analyzed the errors and classified
them based on the Surface Taxonomy Categories to know whether these errors involve in omission, addition, misformation, and misordering.
The students made errors in four types; Omission, Addition, Misformation, and Misordering. The total of all errors is 377 errors made in using preposition in
English writing from 28 students. There are 24 errors in Omission, 2 errors in Addition, 307 errors in Misformation, and 44 errors in Misordering.
b. The Result of Interview
This technique is used to collect the data that can be used as supporting data. The researcher did interview after giving the test to the students. First, before
giving test, researcher interviewed the teacher after researcher observed her in delivering her teaching. Researcher conducted it on Thursday, 23 of March 2015
at 09.00 – 10.00a.m. The researcher asked ten 10 questions. The categories interview guide for teacher see appendix 1A and see appendix 1B to the
teacher answer in interview. Besides interviewing the teacher, researcher also interviewed the students
which conducted after they did the test. All students were interviewed; researcher took 28 twenty eight students for this research. Researcher conducted on
Tuesday, 23 of March 2015. The researcher asked the students some question about problem in learning preposition in general which consisted of ten 10
questions. The categories interview guide for student See appendix 2A and see appendix 2B to the students answer in interview.
From the students’ interview, the researcher found that most of students faced difficulty on types of preposition. They got difficulty in differencing types
of preposition. Because they did not understand in teacher’s explanation. Those are the data are use in this research. The researcher only analyzed data from the
test and data from interview to support final result of this research.
2. Data Analysis
In this section, the researcher analyzed the errors that made by the students based on their types. Researcher divided them into four types start from the lowest
frequency. Also the researcher analyzed the interview that researcher took after the test done. Here is the analysis:
Table 4.2 The Recapitulation of Student’s Error
Students 1: Item
Number Identification
of Errors Classification
of Errors Description
Explanatio n
Correction Cause of
Errors
1 I live at a
small town and go ….
Misformation Preposition
‘at’ should be changed
by ‘in’ I live in a
small town and go ….
Intralingual
3 In
my house Misformation
Preposition ‘in’ should
be changed by ‘near’
Near my
house Intralingual
9 Then I saw
the clock in the wall
Misformation Preposition
‘in’ should be changed
by ‘on’ Then I saw
the clock on the wall
Intralingual
10 When I got
home my sister was to
the door Misformation
Preposition ‘to’ should
be changed by ‘at’
When I got home my
sister was at the door
Intralingual
11 We took a
morning bus with
Arusha Misformation
Preposition ‘with’
should be changed by
We took a morning bus
to
Arusha Intralingual
‘to’ 14
It sounds like a good deal
into
65 a day
Omission Preposition
‘into’ should be
changed by ‘at’
It sounds
like a good deal at 65
a day Intralingual
15 They
introduced us up
Senara Omission
Preposition ‘up’ should
be changed by ‘to’
They introduced
us to Senara Intralingual
16 They
introduced us to Senara who
will be talking the safari into
us tomorrow Misformation
Preposition ‘into’
should be changed by
‘with’ They
introduced us to Senara
who will be talking the
safari
with
us tomorrow Intralingual
17 Later, we had
dinner in a less than
exiting restaurant.
Addition Preposition
‘in’ should be changed
by ‘at’ Later, we
had dinner at
a less than exiting
restaurant. Intralingual
21 We didn’t get
at
lake manyara until
afterone o’clock.
Misformation Preposition
‘at’ should be changed
by ‘to’ We didn’t
get to lake manyara
until afterone
o’clock. Intralingual
22 can you
believe John actuallysugge
st stopping in a restourant
Misformation Preposition
‘in’ should be changed
by ‘at’ can you
believe John actuallysugg
est stopping at
a restourant
Intralingual
23 Before going
to
the park? We all said,
“No way” Misformation
Preposition ‘to’ should
be changed by ‘into’
Before going into
the park? We all said,
“No way” Intralingual
25 We run the
towards school.
Misordering Preposition
‘towards’ should be
placed after ‘we run’
We run towards the
school. Interlingual
Total 13
13 13
13 13
