Over-generalization Explanation of Errors

Table 4.7. Percentage of Error in Using Gerund No. Uses of Gerund Frequency of Error Percentage 1. Gerund as Subject of a Sentence 96 16.25 2. Gerund as Object of Preposition 148 25.04 3. Gerund as Direct Object of Certain Verbs 187 31.64 4. Gerund as the Complement of a Sentence 160 27.07 Sum of Errors in Uses of Gerund and 591 100 Ad apted from students’ test score Based on the tab le of students’ errors in using gerund, it can be stated that total errors of gerund as subject of a sentence are 96, on percentage 16.25. Total errors of gerund as object of preposition are 148, on percentage 25.04. Total errors of gerund as direct object of certain verbs are 187, on percentage 31.64. Total errors of gerund as the complement of a sentence are 160, on percentage 27.07. Then the writer formulated the sequence of gerund area on its high frequency of errors. Table 4.8. The Sequence of Gerund Tested Area Based on Its High Frequency of Errors No. Uses of Gerund Frequency of Error Percentage 1. Gerund as Direct Object of Certain Verbs 187 31.64 2. Gerund as the Complement of a Sentence 160 27.07 3. Gerund as Object of Preposition 148 25.04 4. Gerund as Subject of a Sentence 96 16.25 According to the data above, it showed that most of students made errors on gerund as direct object of certain verbs with frequency of error 31.64. The second level of error is gerund as the complement of a sentence with frequency of error 27.07. The third level of error is gerund as object of preposition with frequency of error 25.04. And the last level is gerund as subject of a sentence with frequency of error 16.25. The writer also interprets the data based on the types of error from students’ answer sheet. It was presented in the following table below: Table 4.9. Types of Error No. Types of Errors Frequency of Errors Percentage 1. Misformation 424 71.74 2. Omission 123 20.81 3. Addition 44 7.45 Sum of Errors and 591 100 It is clearly shown from the table that 591 errors found from 960 sentences collected from 30 students in using gerund. Those 591 errors are classified into three types of errors; omission, addition, misformation. From 591 errors, 424 of them are misformation, which means the students have problem in choosing the correct items or words in the right places. This types of errors contributed 71.74 to whole errors. The second place is omission which reaches 123 errors. The students have problems in inserting items that should appear in sentences. This type contributed 20.81 to whole scores. The last position placed by addition is the least frequent. Only 44 errors in this case. This type contributed 7.45 which shows that the students have problems in inserting items that should not appear in sentences.