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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION
A. FINDING 1. Data Description
The researcher conducted a test to seventh grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 35 kebayoran lama Jakarta selatan. The researcher gave 40 items
numbers test to students which are focused on the use of preposition. The researcher then identified the students’ errors by using procedures of error
analysis, and the result is being presented in the table. Analyzing the interview result was done after identifying the most frequent error made by students in the
usage and the form of preposition. Here are the descriptions of students’ test and interview:
a. The Result of Test
The researcher has given the test about preposition to 28 students of SMP Muhammadiyah 35
on 23rd of March 2015. Actually the number of the students in this class is 30, but two of them were absent. So, the samples of this research
are 28 students. The test consist of 40 items which only focus on preposition and they are
broken down into two forms; there are completing item Part I, which asked students to choose the correct preposition in the parentheses, and Part II, which
asked students to arrange the sentences with the right preposition. The following table describes distribution of test items made by the students
in using preposition of time, place and direction.
Table 4.1 The Distribution of Preposition Tests Items
No Type of preposition
Item Number
1. Preposition of time
4.5. 6.7.13.16.14.24.26.27.37.38.
2. Preposition of place
1.3.9.10.17.18.19.21.22.28.29.30.3
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.
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