(Peer Review + Dokument + Similarity) An Error Analysis on The Use of Gerunds in Writing Descriptive Paragraph

Irianti, Refsa Ina and ASTUTIK, INDRI and Devanti, Yeni Mardiyana (2022) (Peer Review + Dokument + Similarity) An Error Analysis on The Use of Gerunds in Writing Descriptive Paragraph. Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember Press.

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Abstract

Analyzing students' writing specifically the components of it is crucial issue to assess how well students develop their ideas. Grammar, one of the writing components, consists of many aspects. One of the grammar aspects is gerunds. Thus, the use of gerunds in writing is unavoidable. The purposes of this research were to find out and identify the kinds and causes of students’ errors in the use of gerunds in their writing. This research used a case study design of qualitative research by employing thirty students of a private vocational school in Jember. The instruments of this research were writing assignments and interviews. The writer gave thirty students writing assignments and were analyzed to find out their errors that fall into four categories, i.e., omission, addition, miss-formation, and miss-ordering. The findings revealed there were 47 errors (44.34%) omission. 11 errors (10.38%) addition, 44 errors (41.51%) miss-formation, and 4 errors (3.77%) miss-ordering. Hopefully, the findings will contribute to help teachers in designing the writing activities in the classroom and the kind of assessment or feedback they use to help their students to have good writing ability.

Item Type:	Peer Review
Subjects:	400 Language 400 Language > 407 Education, Research & Related Topics
Depositing User:	Devanti Yeni Mardiyana
Contact Email Address:	yenimardiyana@unmuhjember.ac.id
Date Deposited:	26 Dec 2022 01:53
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2023 02:41
URI:	http://repository.unmuhjember.ac.id/id/eprint/15729

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