CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDING
A. Research Methodology
1. The Objective of the Study
The objective of the study in this paper is to find out the error that made by the students of “SMAN 1 Rumpin” and the causes of their error in writing descriptive
text.
2. Method of Research
In this research, the writer used the descriptive analysis study. At first, the writer focused on the problem such as the errors on the parts of speech, sentence
pattern, subject-verb agreement, and verb tense. Then, she collected by giving the second grade students of “SMAN 1 Rumpin Bogor” an writing test and analyze
them through classifying them into four aspects as mention before. Finally, the writer interpreted the data about what kind of errors that mostly students made and
the cause of those errors in writing descriptive text.
3. Instrument of Research
The writer used a writing test as the instrument for collecting the data. For the test, the writer asked the students to write a descriptive text which the topic about
describing person, animal or thing. The students had to make a short text relate to the topic given. See appendix
4. Population and Sample
The population of this research is the 113 second grade students of “SMAN 1 Rumpin Bogor”. The writer took the 37 papers of 113 randomly to fulfill her
research.
5. Technique of Data Analysis
For the research, the writer uses qualitative method. At first, the writer analyzed the students’ errors. Then, she classified and calculate them. In addition,
she tabulated the data of parts of speech, sentence pattern, subject-verb agreement, and verb tense. The last she interpreted the data and concluded them to know the
highest error that the students made and the cause of those errors in writing descriptive text.
6. Time and Location
The research was conducted at “SMAN 1 Rumpin” Rumpin-Bogor, from August 24
th
-31
st
2009.
B. Research Finding
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