Puspitasari, Mita (2021) An Analysis of The Students’ Reported Speech Errors in Learning Question Sentence at SMA Negeri 1 Batanghari. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The objectives of this research were to investigate the students‟ errors in using reported speech of question in writing at SMA Negeri 1 Batanghari and to analyze the causes of students‟ errors in using reported speech of question in writing at SMA Negeri 1 Batanghari. The researcher analyzed those phenomena based on the consideration of the students‟ problem in students‟ writing investigated in the process of pre survey.Therefore, this research is expected to be useful in describing the phenomenon of using the reported speech of question in writing.

The method of this research was qualitative research in the form of a case study carried out at SMA Negeri 1 Batanghari. The primary sources of this research are the result of observation in the form of students‟ writing that consist of reported speech and the result of interview with the English teacher. The researcher used observation, documentation and interview in collecting the data. The observation was conducted to know errors in using reported speech of question sentence in writing. The interview was conducted to investigate the students‟ errors and to analyze the causes of students‟ errors in using reported speech of question sentence in writing.

The first research results prove thatthe students‟ errors in using reported speech of question in writing consist of the use of the error verb tense, the use of the pronouns and possesive determiners, the use of the error demonstrative and adverbs, the use of the error reporting verb. In addition, the second research results prove that the causes of students‟ errors in reported speech of question in writing incude of the difference students‟ background knowledge, the lack of motivation and intention.

Keywords: Error, Reported speech, Question sentence, Qualitative Research

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