SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS

OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI

THESIS

Presented to

State Islamic Institute of Kediri

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

For the Degree of Sarjana in English Language Education

By:

RIANA ARUM SARI

9322.136.16

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TARBIYAH

STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE (IAIN) OF KEDIRI

2020
 DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY

Name : Riana Arum Sari

Student‟s ID Number : 932213616

Study Program : English Language Education

Department : English

Title of Thesis : Subject Verb Agreement Errors in Writing

Descriptive Text Made by the Eleventh Grade
Students of SMKN 2 Kediri

I hereby declare that the thesis and the work presented in it are my own and
it has been generated by me as the result of my own original research. It does not
incorporate any materials previously written or published by another person
except those indicated in quotations and references. No portion of this work has
been submitted in support of an application for another degree or qualification of
this or any other university or institution of higher education. Due to this fact, i
am the only person responsible for the thesis if there is any objection or claim
from others.

This thesis is to fulfill the requirement for the degree of Sarjana (S1) in
English Study Program, State Islamic Institute of Kediri.

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 APPROVAL PAGE

This is to certify that the Sarjana‟s Thesis of Riana Arum Sari has been approved

by the thesis advisors for further approval by the board of examiners.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS

OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI

RIANA ARUM SARI

NIM: 932213616

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 RATIFICATION SHEET

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS

OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI

RIANA ARUM SARI

NIM: 932213616

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 NOTA KONSULTAN

Kediri, 07 Mei 2020

Nomor :
Lampiran : 4 (empat) berkas
Hal : Bimbingan Skripsi

Kepada
Bapak Ketua Institut
Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kediri
Di
Jl. Sunan Ampel No. 07 Ngronggo
Kediri

Assalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb.

Memenuhi permintaan Bapak Ketua untuk membimbing penyusunan

skripsi mahasiswa tersebut di bawah ini:

Nama : Riana Arum Sari

NIM : 9322.136.16
Judul : SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS IN WRITING
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI

Setelah diperbaiki materi dan susunannya, kami berpendapat bahwa

skripsinya telah memenuhi syarat sebagai kelengkapan ujian akhir Sarjana Strata
Satu (S-1).
Bersama ini terlampir satu berkas naskah skripsinya, dengan harapan
dalam waktu yang telah ditentukan dapat diajukan dalam Sidang Munaqosah.
Demikian agar maklum dan atas kesediaan Bapak, kami ucapkan banyak
terima kasih.

Wassalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb

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 NOTA PEMBIMBING

Kediri, 29 Juni 2020

Nomor :
Lampiran : 4 (empat) berkas
Hal : Bimbingan Skripsi

Kepada
Bapak Ketua Institut
Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Kediri
Di
Jl. Sunan Ampel No. 07 Ngronggo
Kediri

Assalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb.

Bersama ini kami kirimkan berkas skripsi mahasiswa:

Nama : Riana Arum Sari

NIM : 9322.136.16
Judul : SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS IN WRITING
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI

Setelah diperbaiki materi dan susunannya, sesuai dengan beberapa

petunjuk dan tuntunan yang diberikan dalam sidang munaqosah yang
dilaksanakan pada tanggal 23 Juni 2020 kami dapat menerima dan menyetujui
hasil perbaikannya.
Demikian agar maklum dan atas kesediaan Bapak, kami ucapkan banyak
terimakasih.

Wassalamu‟alaikum Wr. Wb

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 MOTTO

“There is no power nor strength except with Allah.”

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 DEDICATION

I dedicate this thesis to:

 My God (Allah SWT) for giving me His mercies, His bless and His

answer for my prayers.

 My beloved parents Bapak (Jonaidi) and Ibuk (Siti Umay Saroh) for your

love, support, and struggle for my success. My beloved elder brother

(Ahmad Ashifa) for your motivations and helps for me. And all my

families, thanks for your help.

 My advisors Dr. Mukhammad Abdullah, M.Ag. and Muhammad Afifi,

S.Hum., M.Pd. for your help and advice for me in accomplishing this

thesis.

 My best friend Fadilatul Fauziah, Wisna Rahma, Vinda, Mbak Pungky and

Mas Ali thank you for helping, praying, motivating and accompanying me

until this time and always supporting me to do a positive thing in my life.

 All of my friends at TBI, thanks for all your supports.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All thank to the alamighty Allah SWT, the most merciful and beneficient.
Peace and blessing be upon to the messenger Muhammad SAW.
I also would like to send my gratitude to the people who have given their
supports and helps related to the writing this thesis.
1. Dr. Nur Chamid, MM., the rector of IAIN Kediri
2. Dr. Ali Anwar, M.Ag., the dean of faculty of Education and Teacher Training
3. Dr. Ary Setya Budhi Ningrum, M.Pd., the chief of Department of English
Language Education 2019/2020
4. Dr. Mukhammad Abdullah, M.Ag., and Muhammad Afifi, S.Hum., M.Pd.,
my respected advisors for giving the researcher guidance, help, constructive,
and suggestion in writing the thesis
5. All my lecturers in IAIN Kediri in academic year 2016-2020
6. Drs. Mashari Krisna Edy, M.Pd., the head master of SMKN 2 Kediri for
allowing me to conduct my research
7. Mrs. Gunarsih, S. Pd., the English teacher of SMKN 2 Kediri for helping me
to conduct my research.
8. My beloved father Jonaidi and my respectable mother Siti Umay Saroh thank
you for everything
9. All my friends in English Department 2016 that i could not mention one by
one
Finally, the researcher hopes this thesis will be useful for all readers.
Because the researcher realizes that this thesis is far from perfect. Therefore
criticism and suggestion are gratefully accepted.

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 ABSTRACT

Sari, Riana A. 2020. Subject Verb Agreement Errors in Writing Descriptive Text
Made by the Eleventh Grade Students of SMKN 2 Kediri. Thesis,
Department of English Language Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah, State
Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Kediri. Advisors: (I) Dr. Mukhammad
Abdullah, M.Ag., (II) Muhammad Afifi, S.Hum., M.Pd.

Keywords: subject verb agreement errors, surface strategy taxonomy, descriptive

text

Error in writing is difficult to avoid by every learner, especially in using

subject verb agreement. The basic problem of learning subject verb agreement is
that the students have many kinds of rules determining the verb which follows its
subject. Therefore, analyzing the subject verb agreement errors is one of
appropriate ways to give some contributions on attempts to deal with the students‟
difficulties. The objectives of the study are to find out types and the most frequent
type of subject verb agreement errors in writing descriptive text made by the
eleventh grade students of SMKN 2 Kediri.

This research was a descriptive qualitative research design which was

describing the reality behind phenomenon deeply and descriptively. The
instrument of this study is the researcher herself and supported by interview and
writing test. In online class, Thirty six students in XI Accounting 5 were asked to
write descriptive text on the topics provided. This class was chosen because the
students had studied and practiced to write descriprive text in the last semester.
This study analyzed subject verb agreement errors in the students‟ descriptive
writing based on Surface Strategy Taxonomy by Dulay, Burt and Krashen (1982).

The finding showed that the participants contributed the three types of
subject verb agreement errors in their descriptive writing, those were omission
(38%), addition (8%) and misformation (54%), then misordering error was not
found in this research. The most frequent type of subject verb agreement error
contributed by the eleventh grade students of SMKN 2 Kediri on their descriptive
writing was misformation with the occurrence 27 errors and the percentage is
54%.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ......................................................................................................... i

DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY .............................................................. ii
APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii
RATIFICATION SHEET .................................................................................... iv
NOTA KONSULTAN .......................................................................................... v
NOTA PEMBIMBING ........................................................................................ vi
MOTTO .............................................................................................................. vii
DEDICATION ................................................................................................... viii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... x
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... xi
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................... xiv
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1
A. Background of the Study ........................................................................ 1

B. The Research Problem ............................................................................ 5

C. The Objective of the Study ..................................................................... 5

D. The Significance of the Study ................................................................. 6

E. The Scope and Limitation of the Study .................................................. 6

F. The Definition of Key Terms .................................................................. 7

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .................................. ..8

A. Error Analysis ......................................................................................... 8

B. The Differences between Error and Mistake .......................................... 9

C. Source of Error ...................................................................................... 10

D. Types of Error ....................................................................................... 11

E. Subject Verb Agreement ....................................................................... 13

F. Descriptive Writing ............................................................................... 16

G. Review of Related Studies .................................................................... 18

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD ........................................................... 21

A. Research Design.................................................................................... 21

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 B. Data Source ........................................................................................... 21

C. Instrument ............................................................................................. 22

D. Data Collection ..................................................................................... 23

E. Data Analysis Technique ...................................................................... 24

F. Research Validation .............................................................................. 25

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ....................... 26

A. Research Findings ................................................................................. 26

B. Discussion ............................................................................................. 35

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .................................. .....39

A. Conclusion ............................................................................................ 39

B. Suggestion ............................................................................................. 39

REFERENCES
APPENDICES

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 : Example of Omission Errors

Table 4.2 : Example of Addition Errors in Term of Double Marking
Table 4.3 : Example of Misformation Errors in Term of Archi Form
Table 4.4 : Example of Misformation Errors in Term of Alternating Form
Table 4.5 : Frequency and Percentage of Types of Errors

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 LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Interview in Preliminary Study

Appendix 2: Sheet of Writing Test

Appendix 3: The List of the Subject Verb Agreement Errors Made by the Students

Appendix 4: Students‟ Writings

Appendix 5: Daftar Konsultasi Penyelesaian Skripsi

Appendix 6: Surat Permohonan Izin Penelitian

Appendix 7: Surat Keterangan Penelitian

Curriculum Vitae

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