sentence in descriptive text would be too long. So, revising here is very important that the text produced clearer.
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Above is a strategy in writing descriptive text, which was all very necessary and important to be produce the right writing of descriptive
text and clear. Because of the absence of a strategy in writing descriptive text, which may occur of course there will be more errors
made by students in their writing.
Here is the example of descriptive text. Mr. Kartolo, the farmer
Mr. Kartolo is very happy. The rainy season of this year makes the farm beautiful. It is planting time Rice fields become fresh and green
during this season and by the end of this season Mr. Kartolo is ready to
harvest his corps.
Mr. Kartolo ploughs the land at the beginning of the rainy season. Then, he usually works early and finishes at noon. Milking the cows,
feeding the livestock, and cleaning the barns are among Mr. kartolo’s duties before breakfast. He does most of the hard outdoor work by
himself.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the research methodology and data analysis. It covers place and time of the research, method and design of the research, data and
data source, technique of data collection, the instrument of the research, and technique of data analysis, and also the research finding from the data.
A. Place and Time
The writer did her research at SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat, which is located on Jl. Cendrawasih Km. 4, Jurang Mangu Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan. She held this
research from June, 3 - 10 2014.
B. Method and Design of the Study
In doing this research, the writer used Descriptive Analysis Research and uses the procedures of error analysis itself. The method is purposed to analyze
the problem or case happened at research. It involves Identifying , Describing , Explaining , and Evaluating. The final step , the writer has to conclude the
result of research. Through post-test, the writer will find and know the types of errors are made by the students and know source of the reason why the
students made error in using adjective in descriptive text writing. The writer gave test to the second year students of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat by doing the test
used test booklets as instrument of the research to get some data is from the students, and the writer also took the interview at 25 students by doing in
focus group interviews, where there are 5 groups in the interview. The test purposes to find the types of errors are made by the students in using adjective
in descriptive text writing, and the interview purposes to find source of the reason why the students made error in using adjective in descriptive text
writing. Then she interpreted the data is about the types of errors are made by the students and know source of the reason why the students made error in
using adjective in descriptive text writing.
C. Data and Data Source
In this research, the writer took the second grade students of SMP PGRI 2 Ciputat, which consists of four classes, VIII-1, VIII-2, VIII-3 and VIII-4.
There are 33 students for VIII-1 and VIII-2, and 34 students for VIII-3 and VIII-4, so the total is 134 pupils. The writer took the data source from VIII-4
that consist 34 students. But when the data collecting is done in the class, there were 9 students who did not come to the school, four students were sick and
five of them were absent. And then the sample that the writer used is 25 students.
D. The Instrument of the Research
1. To get the data, the writer used the test and test booklet as instrument
of the research. They type of the test is guided by 13 question that cover descriptive text as describing the zoo. The test purposes to find
what types of error that students make, which is categorized into four; omission, addition, formation, ordering. The question made is to help
the students to organize their ideas. This test was used to find the source of errors that students made and to know the reason why the
students made error in using adjective in descriptive text writing. 2.
To get data, the writer also took the interview at 25 students by doing took the interview in focus group interview, where there are 5 groups
in the interview, and each group consisted of 5 students. There are 9 questions for students. The interview purposes to find what source of
the reason why the students made error in using adjective in descriptive text writing. The test is made by the writer. The material of
the test was taken from the books and relate to the describing the zoo.
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