Error analysis in the agreement of plural-noun pattern in a sentence made by the third year students of SMA Kristen PIRNGADI Surabaya
Year: 1989
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In the 1984 Enqlish curriculum for Senior High \nSchool. it is stated that "The Agreement of Plural-Nouns in \na Sentence" is one of the sub topics of Enqlish that the \nthird year students should master. Realizing the fact that \nthe third year students of SMAK Pirngadi Surabaya still had \ndifficulties in using the elements in the agreement -of \nplural-nouns in a sentence (the elements in the agreement \nbetween determiners and plural-nouns and the elements in \n the agreement between plural-nouns and verbs), I became \ninterested in finding out the most troublesome element in \nthe agreement of plural-nouns in a sentence made by these \nstudents. \nThe aim of this study is to find out serious errors \nin the agreement of plural-nouns in a sentence (the \nagreement between determiners and plural-nouns and the \nagreement between plural-nouns and verbs) made by the third \nyear students of SMA Kristen Pirngadi Surabaya. The reason \nis , a large number of students still made a lot of mistakes \nin the agreement of plural-nouns in a sentence in their \ntest papers. To prove it, an attempt was made to present \nsome amount of errors under discussion along with their \npredicted causes and some suggestions on how to overcome \nthem. \nThe method of this study was analyzing, classifying \nand counting the errors from the students' test papers to \nfind out the most troublesome element in the agreement of \nplural-nouns in a sentence ( the agreement between \ndeterminers and plural-nouns and the agreement between \nplural-nouns and verbs) which had been misused by the \nstudents. The result was the misuse of the verbs in the \nagreement between plural-nouns and verbs (31.5 % ) , the \nmisuse of the plural-nouns in the agreement between plural-nouns \nand verbs (29.8 % ) , the misuse of the plural-nouns i n \nthe agreement between determiners and plural-nouns (19.6 %) \nand the misuse of the determiners i n the agreement between \ndeterminers and plural-nouns (19.1 %). \nBased on the findings, the conclusion of this study \nwas the most difficult element in the agreement of plura- \nnouns in a sentence is the correct use of-verbs in the \nagreement between plural-nouns and verbs and the easiest \nelement is the correct use of the determiners in the \nagreement between determiners and plural-nouns. \nExpectantly, the findings of this study will give us better \ninformation about how students learn the agreement of \nEnglish plural-nouns in a sentence in their efforts to \nmaster English as a foreign language. Consequently, the \nfindings are expected to be-applied by the English teachers \nas feedback to improve their ways of teaching the agreement \nof plural-nouns in a sentence. Hence, by so doing, the \nteachers will help their students decrease in makinq errors \nin the aqreement of plural-nouns in a sentence.
Author: Shirly Tandjung
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2211147797