AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND TIME BY SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 10 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

Atiwi Etisa, 13144700068 (2017) AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN USING PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE AND TIME BY SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 10 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017. Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Unversitas PGRI Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The difficulty distinguishing in the use of prepositions made students feel confuse and they made errors. The difference of the source language and the target language greatly influence the occurrence of errors in the use of preposition. This research aims to find out and identify errors made by students in using preposition. Moreover this research also aims to determine the causes of the source of errors made by students in using preposition. This research classifies errors in using preposition by types and functions. It uses prepositions of place and time especially in, on, at. This research was a descriptive qualitative research by using test instrument to collect the data needed. The factors that influenced the errors were found out from the result of the test. This research was conducted by seventh grade students as the respondents at SMPN 10 Yogyakarta in the academic year 2016/2017. The test of instrument was test in using prepositions of place and time in, on, at. The results of this research show that of 66 students, the average of errors in using of prepositions of place and time with 55.01%. The dominant of students’ errors in using of prepositions of place and time are at and average errors percentage with 59.28%. In addition, out of total 25 questions, there are 22 cases of errors caused by interlingual errors. Furthermore, 19 cases of errors caused by intralingual error. These results indicated that there was low comprehension of students in understanding the types and functions of prepositions of place and time. The students should understand deeply and study more about function of preposition.

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