AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 20162017)

  AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS ’ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER

(A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I

Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

  

A THESIS

Submitted to English Education Department as Partial

Fulfillment Requirement for S. Pd. Degree.

  

Compiled by:

Tika Chuswatun Hasanah

1201050080

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

  

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO

2017

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  APPROVAL

  TITLE : AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS

  ‟ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

  NAME : TIKA CHUSWATUN HASANAH NIM : 1201050080 FACULTY : TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH EDUCATION THESIS SUPERVISOR : Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum

  APPROVED BY SUPERVISOR Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum

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  SKRIPSI BERJUDUL AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

  Dipersiapkan dan disusun oleh

TIKA CHUSWATUN HASANAH

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  Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

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  Penguji

  1. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S, M.A

  (……………………)

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  (……………………) Listiani, M.Pd.

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  (……………………) Dra. Hj. Titi Wahyukti, M.Pd.

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  Dekan

  Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum

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SURAT PERNYATAAN

  Saya yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini: Nama : Tika Chuswatun Hasanah NIM : 1201050080 Program Studi :Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Menyusun skripsi dengan judul

  AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER

  (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

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  Purwokerto, 20 Januari 2017 Yang menyatakan,

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APPROVAL OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

  TITLE : AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS

  ‟WRITING PERSONAL LETTER (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017)

  NAME : TIKA CHUSWATUN HASANAH NIM : 1201050080 FACULTY : TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH EDUCATION THESIS SUPERVISOR : Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum.

  Approved by Thesis Supervisor

  Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum NIP. 19560508 198603 1 003 v

STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP

  I hereby state that this thesis entitled An Analysis of Grammatical Errors on The Students

  ‟ Writing Personal Letter (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017) is definitely my own original study result

  . Other writer‟s opinion of findings included in the thesis are quoted or cited in accordance with ethical standards.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikumWr. Wb.

  Alhamdulillahirobbil‟alamin. The prayer and salaam are always offered for the Prophet Muhammad, the noblest creature ever. All praise be to Allah who always gives his blessing upon the researcher in his life and enabled him to accomplish this thesis entitled

  “An Analysis Of Grammatical Errors on the Students’ Writing Personal Letter (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017) ”. This thesis is submitted to fulfill one

  of the requirements to get S.Pd Degree from Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto. In making this thesis, there were a lot of help and support from several people. Therefore, I would like to thank the followings for all the help and support.

  1. Dr. H. Syamsuhadi Irsyad, S.H, M.H, as the Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.

  2. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum., the Dean of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty, and as My thesis supervisor who permitted me to conduct this study.

  3. Aulia Nisa Khusnia, S.S,M.A., the Head of English Education Department who has given the opportunity and permission to do this study.

  4. All of the lecturers in English Education Department.

  5. Ahmad Riyanto, S. Ag., the Headmaster of SMA Diponegoro 1 Purwokerto who has given the permission to collect the data for this thesis. vii

  6. The eleventh grade students of SMA Diponegoro 1 Purwokerto.

  7. My beloved family; my mother, my brother and sister, thank you for your love.

  8. My Friends.

  Finally, this thesis is hoped to be able to provide useful knowledge and information for the readers, although I am sure, there are still many weaknesses in this thesis. Therefore, suggestions from the readers in order to make it better will be really appreciated.

  Wassalamu’alaikumWr. Wb

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  DEDICATION Bismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim,

  This thesis is dedicated to:

  1. My beloved parents Bapak M. Dalhar Alm and Ibu Mujiah who always give me support. Thank you for your endless prayer and love for me. You are my best parents in the world.

  2. My brother and my sister s“Mba Muidah, Mba Partimah, Mas Jasmanto and Mba Sri Muntati”. Thank you for your support and prayer..

  3. My sister-in-law mbaTyas. And my brothers-in-law mas Khamidin, Mas Slamet. Thank you for your support and prayer.

  4. My awesome nephews Prima, Roy, Rizal, Bella, Rohid, Fakhri, Ines, Wawan, Icha, And Airin. Thank you for always entertain me and make me laugh.

  5. My all relatives that cannot be mentioned one by one. Thank you for your prayer and support.

6. My new family in “Wisma Ijo” (Nela Sagita, Oktri Maggi, Uswatun

  Chasanah, Erna Supriyatin, Mba Aning Listia N, Mba Ana, and other that cannot be mentioned one by one). Thanks for our togetherness.

  7. My rainbow family, Wanda, Puspa, Anah, Titis, Oktri, Dayang, Eka, MbaWenti, Yuli, Erna, Tati, Tyas, Niswah, Indah, Riris, Widi, Livah, Adit, Dona, Eko, Ginanda, Mas Bayu, Mas Imam, Ragil, Septian, and Sunu. You have taught me about togetherness. Thank you for coloring my days. ix

  MOTTO “ALWAYS BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY AND NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE EVEN IF THEY LOOK BETTER THAN YOU”

  “PRAYER CAN CHANGE OUR DESTINY AND GOODNESS CAN EXTEND OUR AGE .”

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  TABLE OF CONTENT

  TITLE ............................................................................................................. i APPROVAL ................................................................................................... ii LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... iii DECLARATION LETTER ........................................................................... iv APPROVAL OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE .................................................... v DECLARATION ........................................................................................... vi STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP.................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................. vii DEDICATION ............................................................................................... ix MOTTO ......................................................................................................... x TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................. xi LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................ xii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... xiii

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Research .....................................................

  1 B. Reason for Choosing the Topic ................................................

  3 C. Problem of The Research..........................................................

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  D. Aim of the Research .................................................................

  4 E. The Limitation of The Research ...............................................

  4 F. Clarification of Term ................................................................

  4 G. Contribution of The Research ...................................................

  6 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

  A. The Nature of Writing 1. The Definition of Writing ........................................................

  8 2. The Element of Writing ...........................................................

  9 3. The Process of Writing ............................................................

  10 4. The Purpose of Writing ...........................................................

  12 a. The Purpose of Informative Writing .................................

  13 b. The Purpose of Expressive or Narrative ............................

  14 c. The Purpose of Persuasive Writing ...................................

  14 5. The Advantages of Writing .......................................................

  15 B. Grammar 1. Definition of Grammar ............................................................

  15 2. The Importance of Grammar ...................................................

  16 3. The Grammatical Errors in Writing .........................................

  17 C. Personal Letter 1. Definition of Personal Letter ....................................................

  20 2. Function of Personal Letter .......................................................

  21 3. Parts of Letter ............................................................................

  21 a. Heading ..............................................................................

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  b. Salutation ...........................................................................

  22 c. Body of Letter ....................................................................

  22 d. Closing ...............................................................................

  23 e. Signature ............................................................................

  23 D. Error Analysis 1. Definition of Error Analysis .....................................................

  25 2. Source of Errors ........................................................................

  26 3. The Causes of Errors .................................................................

  27 4. The Types of Errors ..................................................................

  28 5. Limitation ..................................................................................

  37 6. The Procedures of Errors ..........................................................

  37 E. Previous Studies ............................................................................

  38 F. Basic Assumption ..........................................................................

  39 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Method of Research .......................................................................

  41 B. Place and Time of the Research ....................................................

  41 C. Subject of the Reaserch .................................................................

  42 1. Population ..............................................................................

  42 2. Sample ....................................................................................

  42 D. Technique for collecting Data .......................................................

  43 E. Technique of Analyzing Data ........................................................

  43 CHAPTER IV RESEARCH DISCUSSION xiii

  A. Result .............................................................................................

  47 The Types of Students‟ Grammatical Errors ................................... 47 B. Discussion ......................................................................................

  49 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion .....................................................................................

  53 B. Suggestion .....................................................................................

  53 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES xiv

  LIST OF TABLES TABLE 3.1 Scoring of Category ................................................................

  45 TABLE 3.2 Grammatical Errors ...................................................................

  45 TABLE 4.1 Grammatical Errors ...................................................................

  47 FIGURE 4.1 Chart of Students Types of Errors .......................................

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LIST OF APPENDICES

  Appendix 1. Instruments Appendix 2

  . Students‟ Score Appendix 3

  . Students‟ Worksheets Appendix 4. Permission Letters xvi

  AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON THE STUDENTS ’ WRITING PERSONAL LETTER (A Descriptive Study on the Eleventh Grade at SMA Diponegoro I Purwokerto in Academic Year 2016/2017) TIKA CHUSWATUN HASANAH 1201050080 ABSTRACT

  This research is aimed to know the kinds of grammatical errors and the most common grammatical error made by the students in making personal letter at SMA Diponegoro 1 Purwokerto in academic year 2016/2017. The subject of this research were the eleventh grades. The total number of students as the sample were 35 students. The design of this study is descriptive study. The technique used for obtaining the data was test. the test was essay test of writing. The procedure of Error Analysis used is according to Dullay‟s Theory. The result of this study showed that there were 107 or 56,02% errors in tenses, 21 or 10,99% errors in word order and pronoun, 19 or 9,95% errors in prepositions, 17 or 8,90% errors in singular/plural and the last from article with 6 or 3,14% errors . Based on the total result types of errors, the writer found that tenses is the highest errors which is made by the students.

  Keywords: “grammatical errors,writing personal letter”

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