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CHAPTER IV FINDING AND INTERPRETATION
A. Findings
1. Types of Error
The students were given the essay test to get the valid data. They were asked to write descriptive writing about people, things or place on students’
worksheet. The students’ worksheets were taken in order to get the analysis of students’ errors in their writing. Moreover, to know its result, the data analysis is
taken to make the table of students’ errors. The table below is the types of students’ error in descriptive writing that is classified based on the types of error,
which are made by the students. Table 4.1
The Types of Students’ Error in Descriptive Writing
Students Number
Omission Addition Misformation Misordering Total
1 5
1 3
- 9
2 7
1 3
- 11
3
6 7
3 2
18 4
9 2
7 1
19 5
3 1
8 -
12 6
6 -
4 -
10 7
7 5
9 -
21 8
6 8
12 -
26 9
8 5
2 -
15 10
4 7
1 -
12 11
5 2
4 1
12 12
4 2
1 -
7 13
6 2
6 -
14 14
3 -
1 -
4 15
9 3
7 4
23 16
2 5
1 -
8 17
3 1
2 -
6
Students Number
Omission Addition Misformation Misordering Total
18 5
4 1
- 10
19 9
8 13
1 31
20
2 4
3 -
9 21
5 1
6 1
13 22
5 5
2 -
12 23
2 2
6 -
10 24
6 -
4 -
10 25
5 1
1 -
7 26
10 3
7 -
20 27
1 2
2 -
5 28
1 1
3 1
6 29
6 -
3 -
9 30
4 5
3 2
14 154
88 128
13 383
Based on the table above, it will be analyzed the errors that students made as follow:
a. Omission Omission is the absence of an item that must be appear in a well-formed
utterance. The students omit a word that should be written. The example of
student’s error in this case is “I want _ describe about my mom.” The students omit a word, they did not write preposition. It should be “I want to describe about
my mom.” Besides, the students omit –s third singular person. For example “He
often wear the glasses in the class”. It should be “He often wears the glasses in
the class.” b. Addition
Another error that students do is addition. Addition is the presence of an item which must not appear in a well-formed utterance. The students add a word
that should not be written. The example of student’s error in this case is “He has a beautiful eyes.” They wrote an article. It should be “He has beautiful eyes.”
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