AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON DIRECT SPEECH MADE BY STUDENTS IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMAN 7 KEDIRI
Author (Penulis)
WENI RETNO PALUPI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
13.1.01.08.0113
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research study aims at identifying the types, the most frequent and the causal factors of errors made by the tenth grade students of SMAN 7 Kediri in their written narrative text focuses on direct speech. The research was content analysis design which used a qualitative approach. The data was obtained from 32 students’ written texts and interviews. The data was identified, classified and analyzed based on the types of errors using Dulay’s theory, Bungin’s formula to percentage the errors and Brown’s theory to identifying the causal factors of errors. The results are: (1) four categories of errors were found in the students’ written text, consisting of (a) errors in reporting clause had 10 misformation errors; (b) errors in reported clause had 14 omission errors, 13 addition errors, 4 misformation errors and 1 misorder error; (c) errors in punctuation had 20 omission errors; (d) errors in capitalization had 22 misformation errors. Moreover, from 84 errors found that capitalization in misformation errors occur the most frequently (26,19%). (3) two causal factors found, interlingual transfer and context of learning. This condition shows that the students face difficulties in writing direct speech on narrative text. It is suggested that the teacher should involve the grammatical rules in teaching learning process.
KEYWORDS : Error Analysis, Direct Speech, Narrative Text