Institusion
Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji
Author
Bella, Alvionita
Dewi, Murni
Erwin, Pohan
Subject
411 Writing Systems/Sistem Tulisan, Penulisan
Datestamp
2021-07-20 00:33:10
Abstract :
The purpose of the research was to find out types of errors did by the
students commonly made in writing question tag. Question tag is short phrase
such as ?isn?t it? or ?don?t you? that is added to the end of sentence to ask
information. The researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The population
of this research was one of third year of IX.6 class of SMP Negeri 4
Tanjungpinang, the total number of population were 32 students. The sample of
this research used purposive sampling. The researcher used writing test of
question tag as instrument. The researcher asked students to made five sentences
of question tag such as present tense, past tense, present perfect tense, subject I of
present tense, and imperative sentence. After that, the researcher collected and
identified the errors that student made. Then, the researcher classified students
errors based on their types. The result of this research showed that the students
made errors in writing question tag, there were 23 students made errors of ignore
of rule, 8 students made errors of incomplete application of rule, 32 students made
errors of false hypothesis, and did not find error of ovegeneralization