An Analysis of Students’ Pronoun Errors in Writing Descriptive Text at Eighth Grade of SMP N 1 Medang Deras

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the student’s pronoun errors in writing a descriptive text of the eighth grade of SMP N 1 Medang Deras. In this research the researcher used a qualitative method. The participant of this study was eighth grade students of SMP N I Medang Deras which consist 30 students but the researcher only took 10 students. The data were collected by interview and giving test to the students. The data were analyzed by using documentary technique of Miles and Huberman. It was consisted of three steps were data condensation, data reduction, and data display and conclusion drawing or verification. The result of the study indicating that there are some pronoun errors that made by students such as omission, addition, and selection. From the classification result the researcher gets the data of the students’ pronoun errors in writing descriptive text. The error of omission was 3 errors or 12%, the error of addition was 4 errors or 17%, and the error of selection was 17 errors or 71%, while the researcher did not find the error of ordering. From the frequency of each error types, selection was the error which most frequently produced by the students. These cases are used as source of study for teachers, researcher and students so in the future these errors will not repeat again. From the process of the study it is can be summarized that writing a descriptive text can improve student’s ability to write English and with this simple analysis it is expected to give an experience to the student in SMP N 1 Medang Deras, in write English text.

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