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It is the strategy in communication to ask to the authority directly. The authority here might be
someone or something that knows the difficulty. 2.6.2.4.5 Language Switch
It is the strategy to make the communication run well by swithching the target language into the native
language.
2.7 The Practical Uses of Error Analysis
Corder in Sujoko 1998:48 states that the most obvious practical use of the analysis of errors is the teacher:
1. Errors provide feedback, they tell the teacher something about the
effectiveness of his teaching materials and his teaching techniques. 2.
They show him what parts of the syllabus he has been following have been inadequately learned or taught and need further attention.
3. They enable him to decide whether be must devote more time to the item
he has been workingon. This is the day-to day value of errors but in the terms of broader planning and with anew group of learners.
4. They provide the information for designing a remedial syllabus or a
programme of reteaching.
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CHAPTER III THE RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 The Meaning of the Research Method
In carrying out the research, the writer needs to collect, analyze, and
interpret data systematically, therefore, the existence of research methodology is important. The word methodology comes from the word method. According to
Hornby 1974:533, method means a way of doing something. In this research, methodology means science dealing with the how to do something. It deals with
investigated education problem, what procedures and method are used in gathering and analysing data, so that the conclusion represents the requirement of
inductive study. Research is an activity to answer a problem through scientific approach in
order to find out the continued answer because as the answer is found, it needs more perfect answer. In this study, the writer uses the descriptive method by using
the techniques qualitative and quantitative analysis. Mohammad Ali 1987:20, states that the purpose of description study is to give clear description of
something by qualitative and quantitative analysis.
3.2 The Characteristics of the Study
There are some kinds of method which can be used in research. Choosing the method depends on the aim of the research and the topic.The characteristic of
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this study is a descriptive study. Here, the writer wants to describe the students error in using conjunctions but, and, or, before, and after.
The writer uses the steps as suggested by Arief Furchan 1982:436 as follows:
1. The statement of the study
In doing the research the writer uses the clear statement of the problem in order to decide the variable that will be researched.
2. Identification of the information that is used to solve the problem. In this
study, the writer collects the information and states that the characteristics of the information are qualitative and quantitative.
3. Choosing the instrument used to collect the data.
4. Identification of the population in using a sample.
5. Making a procedure of collecting the data.
6. Collecting data.
3.3 The Subject of the Study
