THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR MADE BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENT IN POSTING COMMENT IN

SCHOOLOGY

THESIS

By Miftha Yuliana

201310100311221

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2017

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR MADE BY ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENT IN POSTING COMMENT IN

SCHOOLOGY

THESIS

By

Miftha Yuliana 201310100311221

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2017

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher Training and

Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and accepted

as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree

in English Language Education

on October 27th, 2017

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes.

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M.Hum. 1...................................

2. Agista Nidya Wardani., M.A. 2...................................

3. Puji Sumarsono, S.Pd., M.Pd. 3...................................

4. Adityo, S.S., M.A. 4..................................

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Be Different”

The things that interest you say a lot about what kinda person you really are

This thesis is dedicated to:

My God, Allah SWT.

My beloved parents (Mr. Sujito and Mrs. Suprihatin), my sister (Laila

Rahmawati), and all of my family

My advisors (Mr. Puji Sumarsono, S.Pd, M.Pd. and Mr. Adityo, S.S, M.A.)

My friends

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DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

The undersigned below:

Name : Miftha Yuliana

Student ID number : 201310100311221

Study Program : English Language Education Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

I hereby declare that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of

my own work and has not been submitted to any other University or Institution.

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, my thesis does not infringe

upon anyone’s copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas,

techniques, quotations, or any other material from the work of other people

included in my thesis, published or otherwise, are fully acknowledged in

accordance with the standard referencing practices.

I also declare that this is a true copy of my thesis, as approved by my

thesis committee and the English Language Education Department office.

Malang, October 27, 2017

Miftha Yuliana

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Yuliana, Miftha. (2017). The Grammatical Error Made by English Department Student in Posting Comment in Schoology. Unpublished Thesis. English Language Education Department. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. UMM. Advisors: (1) Puji Sumarsono, S.Pd., M.Pd. (2) Adityo, S.S., M.A.

ABSTRACT

. Grammatical errors are terms used in grammar to describe an example of an

incorrect, unconventional or controversial grammatic usage, such as a misplaced modifier or an inappropriate verb. This research was intended to find out students’ grammatical error in schoology. It was conducted at curriculum design subject in third semester. Furthermore, the design of this research was qualitative research since this research was designed to desribe errors of the students made in posting comment.

The data was obtained from students’ comment in schoology. The research was done by several steps i.e. logging in into schoology and entering the class code of language curriculum design class, capturing the comment of the students, then, marking and classifying the kind of error made by students using table. Moreover, the types of error that was used in this research is proposed by Dulay, Burt and Krashen (1982) as cited in Izzati (2014), which was explained that the learner's errors was categorized into four types which are error of omission, error of addition, misformation, and misordering.

Based on the result of the research, the researcher found total there were 87 errors in the students’ comment. In addition, errors of omission became the highest errors made by the students in their sentence. Then, misordering was the second biggest error made by the students. Finally, errors of addition and misormation.

Keywords: Grammatical error, type, error, schoology

Advisor I, Researcher,

Puji Sumarsono S.Pd., M.Pd. Miftha Yuliana

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................ ii LEGALIZATION .................................................................................................. iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION .............................................................................. iv ORIGINALITY DECLARATION .......................................................................... v ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................... vii TABLE CONTENTS ........................................................................................... viii LIST OF TABLE ..................................................................................................... x LIST OF APPENDICES ........................................................................................ xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Research Background ................................................................................ 1 1.2 Problems of Research ................................................................................ 3 1.3 Research Objectives .................................................................................. 3 1.4 Research Significance ............................................................................... 3 1.5 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................. 4 1.6 Definition of Key Terms ........................................................................... 4

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Grammar .................................................................................................... 5

2.2.1 Grammatical Error ............................................................................. 6 2.2 Error Analysis ............................................................................................ 6 2.3 Types of Error ........................................................................................... 9

2.3.1 Linguistic Category Taxonomy ............................................................... 9 2.3.2 Surface Strategy Taxonomy................................................................... 10 2.3.2.1 Error of Omission ............................................................................... 10 2.3.2.2 Error of Addition ................................................................................ 10 2.3.2.3 Misformation ...................................................................................... 11 2.3.2.4 Misordering ......................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Design ...................................................................................... 12 3.2 Research Object ....................................................................................... 13 3.3 Data Collection ........................................................................................ 13

3.3.1 Research Instruments ....................................................................... 13 3.3.2 Procedure of Data Collection ........................................................... 13

3.4 Data Analysis .......................................................................................... 14

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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings .................................................................................................. 15

4.1.1 Error of Omission ............................................................................ 15 4.1.2 Error of Addition ............................................................................. 19 4.1.3 Misformation .................................................................................... 21 4.1.4 Misordering ...................................................................................... 23

4.2 Discussion ............................................................................................... 24 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 27 5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................... 27

REFERENCES APPENDICES

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 : The Error Analysis of Comment Made by English Department

Student

APPENDIX 2 : The Evidence of Comment Made by English Department

Student in Schoology

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 4.1 Missing of To be............................................................... 16

Table 4.2 Missing of Article............................................................. 16

Table 4.3 Missing of Punctuation...................................................... 17

Table 4.4 Missing of Subject............................................................. 18

Table 4.5 Missing of –es/s in Regular Plural Nouns............................ 18

Table 4.6 Addition of Infinitive......................................................... 20

Table 4.7 Addition of Article............................................................ 20

Table 4.8 Misformation of Punctuation............................................... 21

Table 4.9 Misformation of Subject-Verb Agreement............................ 22

Table 4.10 Misordering of Modifying Noun.......................................... 23

Table 4.11 Misordering of Adverb......................................................... 23

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