27 two types in describing errors. They are 1 a linguistic taxonomy and 2 a
surface taxonomy. Based on that, the researcher would code the amount of errors in the table
based on the types of errors.
Table 1. Types of Errors
No Type of Error
Frequency Percentage
Examples 1 Omission
2 Addition 3 Misinformation
4 Misordering 5 Blends
The researcher
counted the errors from students’ writing, and then wrote
down in the Table 1. After that, the researcher interpreted and discussed the results by describing the data in the Table 1, and the error analysis results in the
form of descriptive data. From the errors analysis results, the researcher classified the error type that the seventh semester students still made in writing their Chapter
I of Research Proposal in Thesis Writing Course. The results were also used to
analyze the possible sources underlying the students’ errors.
F. Research Procedure
There were some steps in conducting the research. 1. Planning the Research
In this step, the researcher tried to plan for the research. The researcher thought the topic for the research and tried to find some books as the references.
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learning; so that the researcher had many references to decide the topic to be researched. The researcher also asked suggestion from the lecturer and friends
about the topic. The researcher decided to do the research in analyzing the errors made by the seventh semester students of English Language Education Study
Program academic year 20072008 in writing their Chapter I of Research Proposal in Thesis Writing Course.
2. Reviewing Literature After finding the topic, the researcher looked for the references for the
research. The researcher tried to find the theories that could support the research. The researcher also looked for the previous related research which discussed the
document analysis as the references. 3. Finding the Participants and Data
The researcher obtained the participants and the documents to be analyzed. The researcher took twenty five documents of students’ Chapter I of Thesis
Writing Research Proposal. Then, the researcher analyzed the documents to find the errors. The researcher coded the errors based on the types of errors in the
table. After that the researcher noted the errors, provided the correction, and found the possible sources for the errors.
4. Analyzing the Data After the data were collected, the researcher started to analyze the data
from the table. In this step, the researcher interpreted the data into descriptive data. The researcher classified the errors based on its types. Here, the researcher
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29 used Dulay, Burt, Krashen’ surface structure taxonomy of errors. The results
and findings were used to answer the research problems.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND FINDINGS
