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AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN THE USE OF ARTICLE IN THE
NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Christianti Tri Hapsari
112008101
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
i
AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN THE USE OF ARTICLE IN THE
NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Christianti Tri Hapsari
112008101
Approved by:
Listyani, M.Hum.
Hendro Setiawan Husada, M.A.
Supervisor
Examiner
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PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
: Christianti Tri Hapsari
Student ID Number
: 112008101
Study Program
: English Education
Faculty
: Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
An Analysis of Errors in the Use of Article in the Narrative and Descriptive Writing
Students
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: ________________
Verified by signee,
_________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Listyani, M.Hum.
Hendro Setiawan Husada, M. A.
iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012 Christianti Tri Hapsari and Listyani, M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Christianti Tri Hapsari :
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AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN THE USE OF ARTICLE IN THE NARRATIVE
AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
Christianti Tri Hapsari
Abstract
Article system was difficult to acquire. In spite of its difficulties in learning, the article
system was also too complicated to teach in a way that is completely comprehensible and
appropriate. Based on those facts, a study to find out the sources of errors in the use of article
was important. This study examined the sources of errors in the use of article by 15 Narrative
and Descriptive Writing Students. The participants were randomly selected from all Narrative
and Descriptive writing classes at English Department Satya Wacana Christian University.
Their works were collected and then examined by a native speaker teacher to find out errors
in the use of articles. To get valid information about the sources of errors in the use of article,
personal interview was conducted. The analysis of participants’ errors would use the steps
suggested by by Corder (1974) in Ellis and Barkhuizen (2005). The steps included: (1)
collection of a sample of learner language, (2) identification of errors, (3) description of
errors, and (4) explanation of errors. Whereas the analysis of this study would be done by
classifying the errors based on two different sources: interlingual (the participants mother
tongue) and intralingual (their learning strategies) (Husada, 2007). The finding of this study
showed that both interlingual and intralingual errors contributed to the acquisition of the
article system.
Key words: acquisition, article system, errors, sources, interlingual, intralingual
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NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Christianti Tri Hapsari
112008101
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
i
AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN THE USE OF ARTICLE IN THE
NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Christianti Tri Hapsari
112008101
Approved by:
Listyani, M.Hum.
Hendro Setiawan Husada, M.A.
Supervisor
Examiner
ii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
: Christianti Tri Hapsari
Student ID Number
: 112008101
Study Program
: English Education
Faculty
: Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
An Analysis of Errors in the Use of Article in the Narrative and Descriptive Writing
Students
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: ________________
Verified by signee,
_________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Listyani, M.Hum.
Hendro Setiawan Husada, M. A.
iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012 Christianti Tri Hapsari and Listyani, M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Christianti Tri Hapsari :
iv
AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS IN THE USE OF ARTICLE IN THE NARRATIVE
AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING STUDENTS
Christianti Tri Hapsari
Abstract
Article system was difficult to acquire. In spite of its difficulties in learning, the article
system was also too complicated to teach in a way that is completely comprehensible and
appropriate. Based on those facts, a study to find out the sources of errors in the use of article
was important. This study examined the sources of errors in the use of article by 15 Narrative
and Descriptive Writing Students. The participants were randomly selected from all Narrative
and Descriptive writing classes at English Department Satya Wacana Christian University.
Their works were collected and then examined by a native speaker teacher to find out errors
in the use of articles. To get valid information about the sources of errors in the use of article,
personal interview was conducted. The analysis of participants’ errors would use the steps
suggested by by Corder (1974) in Ellis and Barkhuizen (2005). The steps included: (1)
collection of a sample of learner language, (2) identification of errors, (3) description of
errors, and (4) explanation of errors. Whereas the analysis of this study would be done by
classifying the errors based on two different sources: interlingual (the participants mother
tongue) and intralingual (their learning strategies) (Husada, 2007). The finding of this study
showed that both interlingual and intralingual errors contributed to the acquisition of the
article system.
Key words: acquisition, article system, errors, sources, interlingual, intralingual
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