The Error Analysis 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

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%.