sentence pattern with the total errors of 61 or 15.36. For the second researcher the result she concluded the most grammatical errors made by the first year
students of SMA Negeri 3 Kota Tangerang Selatan in writing recount text is verb tense 152 errors. The second is addomit a word 70 errors and the third is
punctuation 65 errors.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Study
The research was conducted at MAN 10 Jakarta, at the second grade students. The school is located at Jl. Joglo Baru No.77 Joglo, West Jakarta 11640. The research
was conducted in Monday and Tuesday, on October 22
nd
2012 – January 7
th
2013.
B. Method and Design of the Study
In this research, the writer used descriptive analytical research. Descriptive analysis is a method in which the researcher collects the data needed, and then
analyze the data. Hence, the writer did some procedures. The students were given essay test, the essay is about recount text. They had to write based on their
experiences. Then the writer analyzed students’ test through classifying the errors
based on Betty Schrampfer Azar’ classification; singular-plural, word form, word
choice, verb tense, add a word, omit a word, word order, incomplete sentence, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, article, meaning not clear, and run-on
sentence. For causes of errors the data was analyzed based on Brown’s book to
find the causes of errors; Interlingual, intralingual, context of learning and communication strategies. Then the data was interpreted and concluded.
C. Data and Data Sources
There are three classes of the second grade students of MAN 10 Jakarta; the science class IPA, the social class IPS and religion class jurusan agama. All
of them are as the total number of population in this research that is about 83students.The writer took only 30 students the total number students of the
second grade in science class as the sample of this research.
