Abstract:
Based on the 2013 Curriculum, the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri
1 Purworejo are obliged to write a dialogue based on the materials. However,
many students still commit errors in writing their dialogue, especially for subjectverb
agreement. This research aims at analyzing types of errors of subject-verb
agreement found in dialogues written by the eleventh grade students of SMA
Negeri 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017.
The type of this research is descriptive case study. The subjects of the study
are 32 students of XI Science 3 of SMA Negeri 1 Purworejo in the academic year
of 2016/2017. The researcher uses a test to collect the data. The results of tests are
analyzed by identifying errors of subject-verb agreement, categorizing types of
errors of subject-verb agreement, explaining types of errors of subject-verb
agreement, counting the result, calculating the percentage of each error, and
making the conclusion about the result.
The result of the analysis shows that the percentage for each type of error is
53.9% for omission, 0.5% for addition in the form of regularization, 1.4% for
addition in the form of double-markings, 11.1% for addition in the form of simple
addition, no misformation in the form of regularization, 18.4% for misformation
in the form of archi-forms, 10.6% for misformation in the form of alternating
forms, 4.1% for misordering, and no blends. Based on the result of the research, it
can be concluded that the most dominant error found in dialogues written by
students of XI Science 3 is omission. It can be proved by the percentage of error;
that is, 53.9%.
