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K. Concept of Error Analysis in Transforming Interrogative Sentence
As the researcher mentioned above, in learning English the students usually make errors. Therefore, it becomes a very good input and will be useful for the researcher
who will be an English teacher. She tries to know the problems which will be faced students of junior high school in transforming interrogative sentence. Before
discussing about the students‟ errors, the researcher will describe the concept of error analysis first. Error analysis is a study of identifying, describing and classifying the
noticeable errors that made by the students in learning process. In this research, the researcher will analyze errors of transforming interrogative sentences. Brown states,
“The fact that learners do make errors and these errors can be observed, analyzed and classified to severa
l things to the system operating”.
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In general, there are four most useful and common used bases to descriptively classify the errors, namely Linguistic Category, Surface Strategy Taxonomy,
Comparative Analysis and Communicative Effect. Each taxonomy has its own unique feature and way classification. But, the researcher will analyze the errors only based
on Surface Strategy Taxonomy.
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H.Douglas Brown, Opcit. p.217
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
This research was qualitative research with one variable, because the goal of this research only want to know whether the students made errors in transforming
declarative into interrogative sentences or not. Bogdan and Taylor in Setiyadi state that qualitative research is a research that produces descriptive data in form of written
words or oral, from the subject and its behavior that can be observed. Therefore the goal is an individual understanding.
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In qualitative research, the data collected in the form of descriptive data, such as personal documents, field notes, the action of the
respondents, and documents.
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By the qualitative research, the reseacher focused the research on analyzing the students‟ errors in transforming declarative into
interrogative sentences at the second semester of MTsN 1 Tanggamus. The researcher observed the errors made by the students, then identified the errors
and finally classified the errors based on Surface Strategy Taxonomy.
B. Variable of the Research
In this research there was only one variable, that was students‟ grammatical errors in transforming declarative into interrogative sentences on their writing.
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Ag. Bambang Setiyadi, 2006, Metode Penelitian untuk Pengajaran Bahasa Asing, Yogyakarta, Graha Ilmu, p. 219
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Andi Prastowo, 2011, Metode Penelitian Kualitatif, Jogjakarta, Ar-Ruzz Media, p. 43
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