B. RESEARCH FINDING
1. Data Description
It has been stated that the study discussed the errors that made by
the first year students of SMAN 6 Pandeglang Banten. The writer uses the types of errors based on surface strategy taxonomy Dullay, Burt and
Kiparsky to classify the students’ errors on grammar. From the data below, it can be described that 40 students made 701 errors with the highest frequency
of error on Future Continuous Tense with 36 students 90 and Omission with 72 , the lowest frequency of errors is about Expressing Ability ‘can’
with 1 student 2,5 and Over-generalization with 0,3 . Table I
Total of Students’ Errors No
Name Total of Error
1 Student no.
1 10
2 Student no.
2 20
3 Student no.
3 12
4 Student no.
4 24
5 Student no.
5 14
6 Student no.
6 21
7 Student no.
7 11
8 Student no.
8 10
9 Student no.
9 23
10 Student no.
10 15
11 Student no.
11 17
12 Student no.
12 12
13 Student no.
13 27
14 Student no.
14 9
15 Student no.
15 16
16 Student no.
16 16
17 Student no.
17 19
18 Student no.
18 18
19 Student no.
19 17
20 Student no.
20 13
21 Student no.
21 15
22 Student no.
22 22
23 Student no.
23 8
24 Student no.
24 24
25 Student no.
25 16
26 Student no.
26 24
27 Student no.
27 20
28 Student no.
28 21
29 Student no.
29 19
30 Student no.
30 17
31 Student no.
31 18
32 Student no.
32 23
33 Student no.
33 27
34 Student no.
34 20
35 Student no.
35 17
36 Student no.
36 12
37 Student no.
37 23
38 Student no.
38 14
39 Student no.
39 24
40 Student no.
40 13
Total 701
2. Data Analysis
The collected data are qualitatively analyzed through several types, such as reconstructing the errors, classifying the error based on surface
strategy taxonomy including omission, addition, double-marking, Over- regularization, , and misordering, and then analyzing errors’ sources. Here is
the description of students’ errors and their reconstruction right answer. see
appendix I Table II
Recapitulation of the Students’ Grammar Error No
Item Number Grammar Problem Area
Percentage
1 47
Future Continuous Tense 36 90
2 39
Agreeing Expression 31 77,5
3 1 Agreement;
concord 30 75
4 49
Past Continuous Tense 29 72,5
5 5
Possessive Pronoun 27 67,5
6 23 Would rather …than
27 67,5 7 11
Adjectives with
-ing 26 65
8 36
Elliptical Sentences 26 65
9 45
Simple Present Perfect Tense 26 65
10 43
Past Continuous Tense 23 57,5
11 50
Simple Past Tense 21 52,5
12 6
Possessive Pronoun 20 50
13 46
Simple Future Tense 19 47,5
14 40
Present Continuous Tense 17 42,5
15 15 Expressing
ability ‘can’
16 40 16
29 Superlative Adjectives
16 40 17 32
Using’ can” to ask permission 16 40
18 26 Simple
Present ‘usually’
14 35 19
31 Past Continuous Tense
14 35 20
38 Possessive Pronoun
14 35 21
30 Perfect Perfect with ‘since’
13 32,5 22
7 Comparative Adjective
12 30 23
25 Present Passive
11 27,5 24
13 Adverbs of Manner
10 25 25
22 Simple Past Tense
10 25 26 27
Simple Present
‘never’ 10 25
27 28
Comparative Adjective 10 25
28 33 Using
‘may’ to ask permission 10 25
29 24
Present Passive 8 20
30 41
Simple Present Tense 8 20
31 17
Positive Sentence 7 17,5
32 19 Both… and
7 17,5 33
42 Simple Past Tense
7 17,5
34 44
Simple Present Perfect Tense 7 17,5
35 2 Agreement;
Concord 6 15
36 10 Modal
‘must’ 6 15
37 35
Elliptical Sentences 6 15
38 4
Countable Noun 5 12,5
39 34
Conditional Type 1 5 12,5
40 37
Possessive Pronoun 5 12,5
41 48
Simple Past Tense 5 12,5
42 12 Adjective
with -ed
4 10 43
18 Negative Sentence
4 10 44
3 Uncountable Noun
3 7,5 45 8
Adjective Clause for Describing Place
3 7,5 46
14 Adverbs of Manner
3 7,5 47 20
Expressing ‘so do I’
3 7,5 48 9
Expressing Purpose ‘To infinitive’
2 5 49 21
Question Sentence using ‘are going to’
2 5 50 16
Expressing ability
‘can’ 1 2,5
Total 701 100
Table III Recapitulation of the Students’ errors
Error Classifications No Name
O A DM O-R
O-G M
Total of
Errors
1 Student no.
1 16 1
- -
5 2
24 2 Student
no. 2 13
- -
- 4
- 17
3 Student no.
3 15 2
- 3
3 1
24 4 Student
no. 4 11
2 -
- 7
3 23
5 Student no.
5 15 -
- -
2 -
17 6 Student
no. 6 15
1 -
3 6
2 27
7 Student no.
7 15 1
- 3
6 2
27 8 Student
no. 8 13
- -
- 1
- 14
9 Student
no. 9
15 - - - - - 15 10 Student
no. 10 13
- -
2 1
- 16
11 Student no.
11 14 -
- -
2 1
17 12 Student
no. 12 15
1 -
3 3
2 24
13 Student no.
13 15 -
- 2
2 -
19 14 Student
no. 14 12
1 -
- 4
3 20
15 Student
no. 15
10 - - - - - 10
16 Student no.
16 12 -
- 2
1 1
16 17
Student no.
17 12 - - - - - 12
18 Student no.
18 14 1
- 2
2 1
20 19 Student
no. 19 10
- -
- -
1 11
20 Student no.
20 15 -
- -
1 -
16 21 Student
no. 21 13
- -
- -
2 15
22 Student
no. 22
10 - - - - - 10 23 Student
no. 23 15
- -
- 3
- 18
24 Student no.
24 10 -
- -
2 -
12 25 Student
no. 25 12
1 -
2 4
3 22
26 Student no.
26 10 2
- 5
5 2
24 27 Student
no. 27 14
- -
2 3
- 19
28 Student no.
28 9 -
- 2
2 -
13 29 Student
no. 29 14
- -
1 3
- 17
30 Student no.
30 13 1
- 5
2 2
23 31 Student
no. 31 16
- -
3 2
- 21
32 Student no.
32 13 1
- 5
2 -
21 33
Student no.
33 7 - - 1 - - 8
34 Student no.
34 6 -
- 2
3 1
12 35 Student
no. 35 15
3 -
1 3
1 23
36 Student no.
36 15 -
- 1
3 -
18 37
Student no.
37 8 - - 1 - - 9
38 Student no.
38 9 -
- 3
2 -
14 39 Student
no. 39 10
- -
2 -
1 13
40 Student no.
40 14 2
- 1
2 1
20
Total 503 20
- 56
91 31
701 Percentage 72
0,3 -
11 14
0,6 100
3. Data Interpretation