Example of Spoof Text Saved by Stilts
The king wanted to test Abu Nawas‟ smartness. So he invited Abu Nawas to the palace. “You want me, your Majesty?” greeted Abu Nawas. “Yes, you
have fooled me three times and that‟s too much. I want you to leave the country. Otherwise you will have to go to jail” said the king. “If that is what
you want, I will do what you said” said Abu Nawas sadly. Then “Remember, from tomorrow you may not step on the ground of this country anymore” the
king said seriously. Then Abu Nawas left the king palace sadly. The following morning the king ordered his two guards to go to Abu
Nawas‟ house. The guards were very surprised found Abu Nawas still in his house. He had not left the country yet. Instead leaving the country, Abu
Nawas was swimming in small pool in front of his house. “Hey Abu Nawas, why haven‟t you left this country yet? The king ordered you not to step on the
ground of this country anymore, didn‟t he?” said the guards. “Sure he did” answered Abu Nawas calmly. “But look at me Do I step on the ground of
this country? No, I do not step on the ground. I am swimming on the water” continued Abu Nawas.
The guards were not able to argue with Abu Nawas so they left Abu Nawas‟ house and went back to the palace. The guards reported what they
had seen to the king. The king was curious on Abu Nawas‟ excuse not to leave the country. Therefore the king ordered his guard to call Abu Nawas to
come to the palace.
Abu Nawas came to the palace on stilts. The king wondered and said “Abu, I will surely punish you because you haven‟t done what I have said.
You have not left this country”. The King continued “And now, look at you. You walk on stilts like a child. Are you crazy? The king pretended to be
furious.
“I remember exactly what you said, Your Majesty” Abu Nawas answered calmly. “This morning I took a bath in the small pool in my house so that I
had not to step on the ground. And since yesterday, I have been walking on this stilts. So you see, Your Majesty, I do not step on the ground of this
country”. The
king was
not able
to say
anything. Adapted from S. Harianto‟s Abu Nawas and King Aaron.
Generic Structure Analysis Orientation
: Introducing Abu Nawas and the King on the counteracts about leaving and staying in the country. paragraph 1, line 2.
Event 1 : Abu Nawas was swimming on the pool. paragraph 2, line 3.
Event 2 : Abu Nawas was walking on the stilts. paragraph 4, line 1.
Twister : Abu Nawas explained that swimming in the pool and walking on
the stilts meant not stepping on the ground of the country. paragraph 5, line 2
III. RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter presents the research methodology that serves as the channel for arriving at the research objectives. This research include the research design, the
subject of the research, the data collecting technique, and data analysis.
3.1 Research Design
In this research, the researcher used descriptive method. Descriptive research is
concerned with providing descriptions of phenomena that occur naturally, without the intervention of an experiment or an artificially contrived treatment Seliger
and Shohamy, 1989:116. This method is intended to describe a phenomenon or problem in learning English.
In addition, Leedy 1974 : 79 states that descriptive method is a method of
research that simply looks with intense accuracy at the phenomena of the moment and describes exactly what this research has observed. In this way, the data
gathered from students’ writing were analyzed in order to conclude it. The description in this research is about students’ errors in using simple past tense in
spoof text. In describing the problem of this research, document analysis or context analysis
was used by the writer to analyze the errors in spoof writing, in relation to the use
of simple past tense. So the analysis is based on the data took from the students’
writing.
3.2 Subject of the Research
The subjects of this research were the students of the first semester in the second year of learning year 20112012 of SMA N 1 Labuan Ratu Lampung Timur.
There were five classes and each class consisted of 30-35 students. But the writer used only one class as the sample of the research, based on cluster random
sampling. This cluster random sampling was carried out by using lottery. Then she got class XI IPA 1 that consisted of 31 students.
3.3 Data Collecting Technique
The writer applied only one data collecting technique; the aim was to accurately get the data from the students’ errors. The technique was writing task.
1. Writing Task
The writer used guided writing task to collect the data. The writer explained a litle bit about spoof text, about language fiture of spoof text, and generic structure of
spoof text. The writer asked the students to make a spoof writing based on guiding questions that have been given by the writer. The students could develop their
writing based on the guiding questions, or they also might use their own ideas. The paragraph should contain approximately 100-150 words. The writer gave 90
minutes, based on the time commonly used in doing the test. By having the guiding questions, the students expected to be able to express their ideas and
feelings.
3.4 Data Analysis
The steps of the data analysis are as follows: 1.
Collecting the data from the students’ work.
2.
Identifying students’ errors.
Analyzing the errors by underlining the errors item, and classifying the errors based on surface strategy taxonomy and communicative effect taxonomy. The
writer identified the students’ errors by underlining and give initial code:
a. Surface Strategy Taxonomy
Omission OM Addition AD
Misformation MF Misordering MO
b. Communicative Effect Taxonomy Global Error GE
Local Error LE In this step the writer used interrater as the checking technique. The writer
checked the students’ writing task to gather with the interrater
3. Classifying errors to find out frequency of errors, each error would classify by using surface strategy taxonomy and communicative effect taxonomy.
4. Calculating the percentage of students’ errors in every type of errors both of
Taxonomy. There are six errors calculated. Based on surface strategy taxonomy namely: the percentage of omission, percentage of addition,
percentage of misformation, and percentage of misordering.
