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AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITTEN BY THE EIGHTH-GRADE

STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 MALANG

THESIS

By:

BUNGA ASH FALINTA

201110100311194

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2015

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AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE IN

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITTEN BY THE EIGHTH-GRADE

STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

BUNGA ASH FALINTA

201110100311194

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2015

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Ilmu itu ada tiga, yang lainnya itu adalah hanya kelebihan saja, adapun tiga itu

adalah Ayat yang menghukumi ( Al Qur’an ), Sunnah Nabi yang ( Al Hadist )

atau Ilmu Faroidh yang adil ( ilmuahliwaris ).

HR. Abu Dawud Kitabul Faroidh

There is no love defeat love to Alloh

Dedication:

My beloved Dad, Drs. Gunadi

My beloved Mom, Sutiyah

My lovely family

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious and Merciful, praise to Him for all

blessing and guidance in finishing this thesis as a requirement for the degree of

Strata 1 (S1) in English Department at the Faculty of Teacher Training and

Education of University of Muhammadiyah 4 Malang.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to her beloved father

and mother who give support, love and wishes in finishing this thesis. I dedicated

this thesis to them. She loves them both so much.

She also would like to express deeply gratitude to those who help her during

writing procces. They are as here:

1. Her beloved parents, Drs. Gunadi and Sutiyah whose have supported her with

their prayer and always have encouraged her whenever she got bored and lazy

in doing her research.

2. Drs. Jarum, M. Ed. and Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si. as the researcher’s advisors

who direct her to a good writing and help her solving the problems during the

writing process.

3. All of the Lecturers in English Department Faculty of Teacher Training and

Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

4. All her brother and sister; Nesty, Dike, Frisky, Gutsy, Garbo, Fazaa, Sona,

Nuha, Aghna, Geta, Agashie, and Grace. She thanks for them appreciation and

motivation in doing her thesis. She misses them so much.

5. The principal and the advisor teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Malang who

have given her opportunity did experiment for her research.

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6. All my friends at PAB and GCK, especially d’gengs who always give support

and make a joke when I am falling down, it really helps me. Thank you for

being my best friends.

7. All my friends at English Department “D class 2011” who cannot be mention

here one by one. Thank for give me unforgettable moment when we were

together.

8. My beloved friends; Ranny, Nana, Layla, Dina, and Inna who always give

attention, solution, happiness and advice. I will miss you so much. Thank you

for being my hootiest friends.

She realizes that all of the guidance, support, time and change given are

useful for her to enlarge her knowledge and enable her to arrange the report as

well as it should be. May Allah SWT bless, protects and keeps us on His Right

Path. Amien.

Malang, 31 August 2015

The Researcher,

Bunga Ash Falinta

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER PAGE ................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... ii

LEGALIZATION ............................................................................................ iii

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY ............................................................ iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................ v

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... vi

AKNOWLEDGMENT .................................................................................... vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................. ix

LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................... xi

LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................. xii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1

1.1.Background of Study ....................................................................... 1

1.2.Statement of the Problems ............................................................... 5

1.3.Purpose of the Study ........................................................................ 5

1.4.Scope and Limitation ....................................................................... 6

1.5.Significant of the Study ................................................................... 6

1.6.Definition of Key Terms.................................................................. 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE.................................................... 8

2.1.The Definition of Error .................................................................... 8

2.2.Types of Error .................................................................................. 10

2.2.1. Linguistic Category Taxonomy ........................................... 10

2.2.2. Surface Strategy Taxonomy ................................................ 11

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2.2.3. Comparative Taxonomy ...................................................... 15

2.2.4. Communicative Effect Taxonomy ....................................... 16

2.3.The Definition of Tense ................................................................... 17

2.4.Simple Present Tense ...................................................................... 18

2.5.Descriptive Text .............................................................................. 19

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................ 20

3.1.Research Design .............................................................................. 20

3.2.Research Object ............................................................................... 21

3.3.Research Instrument ........................................................................ 21

3.4.Data Collection ............................................................................... 22

3.5.Data Analysis ................................................................................... 22

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION. ........................ 24

4.1.Findings ........................................................................................... 24

4.1.1. Types of Errors .................................................................... 24

4.1.2. The Frequency of Every Kind of Errors .............................. 37

4.2.Discussion ........................................................................................ 40

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ..................................... 45

5.1. Conclusion ....................................................................................... 45

5.2. Suggestion ....................................................................................... 46

REFERENCES ................................................................................................. 48

APPENDICES ................................................................................................. 49

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Student’s Errors ........................................................................... 49

Appendix 2. Student’s Worksheet ................................................................... 53

Appendix 3. Lesson Plan.. ............................................................................... 72

Appendix 4. Letter of Conducted Research .. .................................................. 93

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