Technique of Data Collecting Technique of Data Analysis
Students Number
Omission Addition Misformation Misordering Total
18 5
4 1
- 10
19 9
8 13
1 31
20
2 4
3 -
9 21
5 1
6 1
13 22
5 5
2 -
12 23
2 2
6 -
10 24
6 -
4 -
10 25
5 1
1 -
7 26
10 3
7 -
20 27
1 2
2 -
5 28
1 1
3 1
6 29
6 -
3 -
9 30
4 5
3 2
14 154
88 128
13 383
Based on the table above, it will be analyzed the errors that students made as follow:
a. Omission Omission is the absence of an item that must be appear in a well-formed
utterance. The students omit a word that should be written. The example of
student’s error in this case is “I want _ describe about my mom.” The students omit a word, they did not write preposition. It should be “I want to describe about
my mom.” Besides, the students omit –s third singular person. For example “He
often wear the glasses in the class”. It should be “He often wears the glasses in
the class.” b. Addition
Another error that students do is addition. Addition is the presence of an item which must not appear in a well-formed utterance. The students add a word
that should not be written. The example of student’s error in this case is “He has a beautiful eyes.” They wrote an article. It should be “He has beautiful eyes.”
Besides, the students add –ed in to infinitive. For example “And he is so glad to followed
his tour.” It should be And he is so glad to follow his tour. c. Misformation
In students’ writing, it also found errors in misformation. Misformation is wrong form of a structure or morpheme. The students used the wrong form. The
example of student’s error in this case is “Greyson has a album with the tittle Hold on ‘til the night.” The students do misform in an article. It should be
“Greyson has an album with the tittle Hold on ‘til the night.”.” Besides, the students misselect the word. For example “Greyson is a people who has a nice
smile.” It should be Greyson is a person who has a nice smile. d. Misordering
Misordering is the incorrect placement of a morpheme or group of morphemes in an utterance. The example is “also He has a pointed nose.” It
should be “He also has a pointed nose.”
The table below is the percentage of types of students’ errors made.
Table 4.2 Percentage of Types of Error
No Category
Frequency of Error Percentage
1 Omission
154 40.21
2 Addition
88 22.98
3 Misformation
128 33.42
4 Misordering
13 3.39
Total N= 383
100 The frequency of the students’ error in omission is 154 error or 40.21
The frequency of the students’ error in addition is 88 error or 22.98 The frequency of the students’ error in misformation is 128 error or 33.42
The frequency of the students’ error in misordering is 13 error or 3.39