AN ANALYSIS ON THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN CONSTRUCTING QUESTION TAGS AT SMAN 4 SEKAYU

RIKA DAMAYANTI, NIM. 14250087 (2018) AN ANALYSIS ON THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN CONSTRUCTING QUESTION TAGS AT SMAN 4 SEKAYU. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN FATAH PALEMBANG.

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Abstract

The objectives of the study were (1) to identify the type of errors, (2) to find out the most frequently type of error, and (3) to figure out the factors which causes the errors in constructing question tags made by the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 4 Sekayu. The design of this research was qualitative study by using errors analysis procedure. Twenty-five students of the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 4 Sekayu were asked to fill the test in form of filling in the blank by constructing question tags and to have interview in the form of open- ended questions. The test consists of thirty items and had to be finished by the students in thirty minutes. The frequencies of errors were calculated as percentage. Error classification by Dulay, Burt, and Krashen was used in this study. This study revealed that (1) the participants contributed the four types of errors in constructing question, namely omission, addition, mis-formation, and disordering, (2) the most frequently type of errors is mis-formation, and (3) the identified sources as factors which causes the participants made the errors in constructing question tags were that they were not interested in learning English, they did not pay attention the English material explained, and they did not know the rules in forming question tags. Key words: errors classification, question tags

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