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d. The Data Analysis of Articles
As much as 60.22 was the percentage of the articles. Articles sound simple, but they are important because they modify nouns. There are two types of articles;
indefinite and definite articles. Indefinite articles are generally used before nouns that are nonspecific, singular, and countable. The indefinite articles are a and
an. Use a before consonant sounds and use an before vowel sounds. Definite articles, such as the are used before specific nouns-nouns that are not countable.
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Errors that happened in the students descriptive writing related to the usage of articles were:
• Incorrect sentences
- I have teacher.
- Mrs. Suci is a English teacher. - … because I went to get the good jobs.
• Corrected sentences - I have a teacher.
- Mrs. Suci is an English teacher. - … because I want to get a good job.
Students in writing the description often forgot to use the articles. Although they seemed small errors, but they were still important. As the examples
above, the students did not use ‘an’ before the vowels, instead they used ‘a’. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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e. The Data Analysis of Word class
The next analysis is the word class with total 56.42. Here, the students made error by putting the words in the wrong class.
• Incorrect Sentences -
She is very smart, explicit, and fierce. -
I love she because … -
Her face is circle. -
She has two black eyes and sharp nose. • Corrected sentences
- She is very smart, open, and disciplined. - I love her because …
- She has got a round face. - She has got two black eyes and a pointed nose.
Students sometimes think that they have found the correct words and they can be used at anytime. In this case, the students have to be able to differentiate
the function and the meaning of the words first before applying them in sentences.
f. The Data Analysis of Sentence structure
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