An error Analysis of the use of Conditional Sentences: a case study of the sixth-semester students of Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies at Stikubank University (UNISBANK) Semarang Academic year of 2013.

Abstract

A thesis, English Department,Undergratuade Program of Stikubank University (UNISBANK) Semarang. Supervisor:Endang Yuliani Rahayu, S.S, M.Pd KeyWords: Conditonalsentences, Error analysis. This thesis entitles “Anerror Analysis of the use of Conditional Sentences: a case study of the sixth-semesterstudents of Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies at Stikubank University(UNISBANK) Semarang Academic year of 2013”. The purposes of this thesisare to find out the errors and dominant errors made by the students in the useof conditional centences. The data of this thesis are taken from the sixth-semesterstudents of Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies at Stikubank University(UNISBANK) Semarang Academic year of 2013 as the subjects of investigation. Thecollected data are analyzed by using quantitative analysis.To make systematic interpretation, the data are analyzed into two parts,namely: simple calculation analysis is used to find out the number of possibleerrors made by the students and it uses percentage computation. Thenqualitative analysis is also reveal the problems which have been faced by thestudents by analyzing each error made by the students in a test.Based on theanalysis, it can be found out that the students did the four errors namely:overgeneralization, ignorance of rule restriction, incomplete application ofrules, false concept hypothesis. The dominant error found in the test is falseconcept hypothesis. It is also found out that sixth-semesterstudents of Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies at Stikubank University(UNISBANK) Semarang Academic year of 2013 have good capability in usingconditional sentences. The difficulties which have been faced by them inlearning conditional sentences are: the difficulty in specify the type of conditional sentenceitself, the lack of mastery the pattern of conditional sentences type I, typeII, and type III.