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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
Having done class observation see appendix 1a, the writer gave the tests to the second grade students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede. The writer gave the tests
which covered by Regular and Irregular Verbs areas that consist of 30 questions. Then, the writer analyzed the students’ errors in mastering Regular and
Irregular Verbs by classifying the students’ error. After that, the writer makes a percentage of the types of errors. In addition, the writer also gave questioner to the
students to find the source of error see appendix 2a 2b.
1. The Result of Observation
According to Patricia A. Duff, observation can help researcher understand many aspects, such as the socialcultural, linguistic contexts in which the language
is used and also collect relevant linguistic and interactional data.
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In this study the writer did the observation as the supporting data in order to get the sources of
error The writer did the class observation by observing the students and teacher
activity in teaching-learning process in the classroom. It was held at second grade students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede which consist of 25 students. This
observation was conducted on 6
th
of December 2012 at 07.30 – 09.00 a.m. In this
observation, the writer was as an observer which did not involve in teaching learning process.
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Patricia A. Duff, Case study Research in Applied Linguistics, New York, Taylor Francis Group, 2008, p. 138
From the class observation, the writer observed the teaching material or method that used by the English teacher in the teaching learning activity. The
teacher used Grammar Translation Methodin delivering Regular and Irregular verbs in the Simple Past tense. The English teacher explained the
materialgenerally. Then, she also gave few examples of regular and irregular verbs. The last, she gave the students some exercise from the textbook.
From the beginning, many students seem did not really interested in learning English, just some of them who paid attention to the teacher’s explanation.
However, when the teacher gave them some exercise, many of them were cheated each other.When the teacher asked the students to discuss the exercise, not all of
them involved in this discussion. Many of them were sleeping, drawing, and talking to their friends.
From the observation, the writer thought teaching learning activity in this classroom may lead students do some errors in applying regular and irregular
verbs.
2. The Result of Test
After observing the classroom activity, the writer gave tests about regular and irregular verbs to twenty five students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede. The writer
gave the tests twice to get the real data which show errors in the students answer sheet. The first test was held on 8
th
of January 2013, and the second test was conducted on 15
th
of January 2013. The test consists of 30 items which divided into three parts. The first part
asked the students to complete the recount text by filling the blank with the right verbs whether regular or irregular verbs. Then, the second part asked the students
to fill the right verbs with the sentences then change it into the past form. The last part asked the students to change the verbs in the brackets to the past form.
After collecting data from the second grade students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede, the writer identified the students’ error by giving a circle to the erroneous
item. The result of this identification can be seen at the following table.
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