THE ERROR ANALYSIS ON GRAMMAR FOUND IN THE INTERVIEWED ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS’ SENTENCES A Thesis Submitted to English Department of Muhammadiyah University in Partial Fulfilment of The Requirements for Sarjana Pendidikan Degree By: Hanung Dimas Susanto 102120190 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO 2014 i MOTTO Someone who really loves science will always fight to find an existence. (Plato) Allah will not change the (good) condition of a people as long as they do not change themselves. (QS. Ar- Ra’du: 11) Allah is always by your side, Insyaallah you’ll find your way. (Maher Zain) v DEDICATION Proudly, I would like to dedicated this thesis to: 1. Allah SWT “May love toward You never can be separated, I love You not only to hope Your heaven, but purely as form of an honest devotion, a pert whatever Your rewards.” 2. My Prophet Muhammad SAW, who was guided me in to the right ways of life. 3. My beloved father, and mother, who always give the best for their children. Thanks for your prayer and support. 4. My beloved brothers, thanks for support and all. 5. All my lecturers in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. 6. All of my best friends, I will miss you all. You always stand by my side in all situations. Making my life more crazy and colorful. Thank you so much. vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah, the Almighty, the Merciful and the most Beneficial. Without his blessing, the researcher would have never been able to finish his thesis entitled “The Error Analysis on Grammar Found in the Interviewed English Native Speakers’ Sentences” as a requirement for obtaining the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree for the English Department of Purworejo Muhammadiyah University. On the available occasion, the researcher would like to express his great gratitude to several people who participated in finishing this thesis. He extends his sincere gratitude and appreciations to: 1. Drs. H. Supriyono, M.Pd, The Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo, 2. Drs. H .Hartono M.M , The Dean of FKIP of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo, 3. Semi Sukarni, M.Pd, the Head of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Science Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo, 4. Juita Triana, M.Pd, as his thesis consultant, thanks for his understanding patience, guidance, advise, ideas, corrections, and support for the thesis accomplishment, vii ABSTRACT Susanto, Hanung Dimas. 2014. The Error Analysis on Grammar Found in the Interviewed English Native Speakers’ Sentences. English Department, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. Consultant: Juita Triana, M.Pd. Grammar is rules for forming words and making correct sentences. The researcher wants to find out the dominant tenses used by interviewed English native speakers. The purpose of this research is find out what errors they probably made, and what types of error they made, in this case in spoken English. Based on the result and its analysis, the researcher found 511 sentences with all 9 types of tenses used by the interviewed English native speaker. From all all 9 types of tenses, 82.2% of it is simple present tense. From all 511 sentences, the interviewed English native speaker makes 109 (21.3%) error, dominantly classified as omission of error with 58%. The researcher hopes that the students get more activities namely speaking in learning English not only in school but also in their daily activity because it can improve their knowledge about English learning. Besides, teaching-learning activity must be improved to get the satisfactory result. The teacher must guide the student to speak in English and avoid error in speaking. These errors will be affected and made misunderstanding. Key words: An Error Analysis, Grammar, Interviewed English Native Speaker ix TABLE OF CONTENTS Title .................................................................................................................. i Approval Sheet ................................................................................................. ii Ratification Sheet ............................................................................................. iii Statement .......................................................................................................... iv Motto ................................................................................................................ v Dedication ........................................................................................................ vi Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ vii Abstract ........................................................................................................... ix Table of Contents ............................................................................................. x List of appendices ............................................................................................ xiii Chapter I INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 A. Background of Study ........................................................... 1 B. Identification of the Problem ............................................... 4 C. Limitation of the Problem .................................................... 5 D. Formulation of the Problem ................................................. 5 E. The Objective of the Study .................................................. 6 F. Significance of the Study ..................................................... 6 F. Definition of Key Term ........................................................ 7 G. Organization of the Thesis ................................................... 8 x Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .................................. 9 A. Summary of Previous Study ...................................................... 9 B. Theoretical Framework .......................................................... 10 1. Sentences and Utterances ................................................... 10 2. Definition of Grammar ....................................................... 12 3. English Tenses ................................................................. 17 4. Tenses ................................................................................. 19 C. Error Analysis ........................................................................ 30 Chapter III RESEARCH METHOD .............................................................. 42 A. Subject of the Research .......................................................... 42 B. Unit of Analysis ..................................................................... 42 C. Type of the Research .............................................................. 42 D. Method of Collecting Data ..................................................... 43 E. Technique of Data Analysis ................................................... 43 F. Data Source ............................................................................ 43 Chapter IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION .......................... 45 A. Research Finding ................................................................... 45 1. The types of the Tenses ...................................................... 45 2. The Analysis of Grammar .................................................. 49 3. The Dominant Mistakes ..................................................... 43 C. Discussion .............................................................................. 53 xi Chapter V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION ...................................... 61 A. Conclusion ............................................................................. 61 B. Suggestions ............................................................................ 61 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES xii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter, the researcher will formulate the concept of introduction into several items. This chapter is divided into seven parts. They are background of the study, identification of the problem, statement of the problem, objective of the study, limitation of the study, significance of the study, and organization of the thesis. A. Background of the Study Language that is very important in society is a means of communication. Language, also, has an important role in people’s life to make communication which involves at least two persons, the speaker and the listener. Communication is a piece of transferring message from a sender (the speaker) to a receiver (the hearer). People use the language to communicate with others. Therefore, everyone needs language to interact with each other in their social group. Language is a system for expression of meaning. The primary function of language is for communication. Communication is a part of human daily activities. Through communication by using clear language we can share our ideas to other people properly. On the other hand, to face a global era we must be able to communicate not only using our mother tongue but also by foreign language. One of foreign languages that we must be able to use is English. English which 1 2 is more difficult to learn when we lack of knowledge about it. As an International language, English is used to communicate the information like in science and technology. In the international relationship, English speaking ability is very important to be able