Research Design RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The first step, the writer collected the data by doing classroom observation, giving questioner to the students and also giving tests to the second
grade students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede about regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense.
Next, after collected the data, the writer identified the data which she got from the observation, tests and questioner. She also determinate the sample of the
learners which were deviated from the target language by giving a circle to the incorrect
answer to the student’s answer. Then, the writer classified the errors based on the surface strategy
taxonomy according
to James.
They are
omission, addition,
misformationmisselection, misordering and blends. She also classified the errors into several tables according to types of errors.
After classifying the errors based on the surface strategy taxonomy, the writer made a percentage of the errors from the students answer. It will be
describe as the formula below:
P = Percentage F = frequency of wrong answer
N = Number of sample
In the explanation of errors, the writer tried to analyze the sources of error after making a
percentage of students’ error and giving questioner to the students. In this part, the writer used the source of error by Hubbard et al. that consists of
mother-tongue interference, overgeneralization, and errors encouraged by teaching material or method.
In the last step the writer evaluated the effects of errors which made by second grade students of SMP YPN Bojong Gede in mastering regular and
irregular verbs in the simple past form. Then, the writer classified the effects into two kinds, global and local error. Finally, to sum up the result, she gives some
conclusions.
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