An Error Analysis On The Use Of Gerund To The Fourth Semester Students Of English Department Faculty Of Cultural Studies University Of Sumatera Utara In The Academic Year of 2012 2013

ABSTRAK
Skripsi yang berjudul “ AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF GERUND TO
THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT,
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013” berisi tentang analisa kesalahan yang
dibuat oleh mahasiswa/i semester IV. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan
jenis-jenis kesalahan, penyebab kesalahan dan kesalahan yang paling dominan yg
dibuat oleh mahasiswa berdasarkan jenis-jenis kesalahannya. Dalam menyelesaikan
penelitian ini, metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian lapangan dengan
menerapkan metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 54
mahasiswa/i semester empat. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data
adalah dengan memberikan ujian mengenai penggunaan gerund yang disusun dalam
dua bentuk, yaitu: tes melengkapi dan menuliskan paragraf pendek tentang
“shopping”. Berdasarkan fungsi gerund , kesalahan-kesalahan yang dianalisis dibatasi
hanya pada gerund as subject, gerund as (direct) object, gerund as subjective
complement, gerund after preposition, gerund after possesive , dan gerund used in the
negative adjective “no”. Sebagai hasil penelitian, ditemukan bahwa persentase
kesalahan berdasarkan fungsi gerund yang paling tinggi adalah gerund as (direct)
object 36,5% dan yang paling rendah adalah gerund as subjective complement 5,5%.
Persentase kesalahan berdasarkan jenis kesalahan yang paling tinggi adalah
kesalahan informasi 44% dan yang paling rendah adalah kesalahan susunan 6,6%.

Jika disimpulkan dari 2.369 kalimat, hanya terdapat 21,6% kalimat yang salah dan
78,4% kalimat yang benar. Dengan kata lain, kemampuan mahasiswa dalam
menggunakan gerund meningkat dibandingkan dengan hasil penelitian awal.

Universitas Sumatera Utara

ABSTRACT
Thesis entitled "AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE USE OF GERUND TO THE
FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, FACULTY
OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013" contains about the analysis of errors made by
the the fourth semester students. The purpose of this study is to find out the kinds of
error, the cause of error and the most dominant error made by students based on the
kinds of error. In completing this research, the method that is used is field research
by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. The subjects were 54 students
semester four. The instrument used to collect data is by giving a test about the use of
gerund that is arranged into two forms, namely: completion test and writing a short
paragraph entitled "shopping". Based on the functions of the gerund, the errors that
were analyzed limitted to gerund as subject, gerund as (direct) object, gerund as
subjective complement, gerund after preposition, gerund after possesive, and gerund

used in the negative adjective "no". As the result of the study, it was found that the
most dominant error in using gerund based on the function is gerund as (direct)
object 36.5% and the less dominant error is gerund as subjective complement 5.5%.
The most dominant error in using gerund based on the kinds of error is
misinformation error 44% and the less dominant error is misordering error 6.6%. In
conclusion, from 2,369 sentence, there is only 21.6% of incorrect sentence and
78.4% of correct sentence. In other words, the students’ ability in using gerund
increase compared with the results of preliminary test.

Universitas Sumatera Utara