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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION

A. Research Findings

1. Data Description

The writer has given the writing test to 20 students of 8-2 of SMP Dharma Karya UT Pamulang to write a recount text about an unforgettable experience, on 28 th of November 2012. The writing test had some instructions, and one of them was the students were required to write down a recount text, the length of the writing is no less than 200 words. For the text which failed the instructions, it was not considered as a sample in this research. After conducting the writing test, the writer examined each student’s writing that followed the instruction. After examining, the writer collected the students’ writing; the writer found that all of the students’ writing met the requirement. Then, she analyzed the data of 20 students’ writing to find out the errors that students made using the table. To classify the students’ errors, she classified the errors into four types of error based on Corder’s classification, those are: omission, addition, selection, and misordering. After classifying the errors, she coded the errors of each student’s errors in writing. Then, she tabulated the errors into the table. After that she counted them to find the frequency of each type of error. And the last, she d escribed of each student’s writing errors and interpreted them.

2. Error Identification

In this section, the writer identified the errors found in the use of tenses in recount text written by the students. The writer presented the identification of errors in the form of tables below: Table 4.1 Recapitulation of the Students’ Errors in Recount Text Writing Students’ Number Types of Error Total of Errors 1 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 4 3 10 2 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 5 3 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 3 6 4 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 1 2 5 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 5 6 Omission Addition Selection Misordering 5 9