Pitaloka, Yulianis (2020) Errors on the Use of Modifier in Descriptive Writings by the Students of Grade 10 at the Senior High School (SMAN) 1 Sekampung East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the kinds of error about modifier in descriptive writings. In addition, it is also to find out the dominant factor that cause the students make error. The errors of modifier in this research was divided into four categories : namely omission, addition, misformation, and misordering.

In this research, the researcher utilizes a qualitative method. Meanwhile, the qualitative design used in the study was descriptive research. The subjects of this study were students of grade 10 at SMA Negeri 1 Sekampung. The researcher took only one class, namely X IPS 2 with 15 students sample because this class is one of the excellent classes with various of student abilities. Therefore, the data has been taken from students of grade 10 at SMA N 1 Sekampung East Lampung using cluster purposive sampling technique.

Furthermore, the result of this study show that there are four kinds of modifier error that occur in descriptive writing. Each kind had percentage (19 or 40,43%) error of misordering, (11 or 23,40%) error of misformation, (9 or 19,15%) error of addition, and (8 or 17,02%) error of omission. Beside that, based on student interview responses, the researcher can conclude that the cause of the error made by student was the carelessness in the English concept. It can be said that the students are not careful in writing word in sentence.

Keywords : Errors, Modifier, Descriptive Writing, Qualitative Research

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