An Error Analysis of Countable and
Uncountable Noun in Sentences Written by the 9th Graders of SMPN 1
Ngabang. Supervisor: Kunto Nurcahyoko, M.A., M.Pd. Thesis. Landak Regency.
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Katolik Santo Agustinus
Hippo.
Writing is communication in written form to convey opinions or ideas.
Writing is just like language skills that can be learned. Although it can be learned,
writing skills include language skills that are quite difficult to learn by students at
every school level. For example, in the English class at SMP N 1 Ngabang when
delivering material about Countable noun and Uncountable noun, some students
did not understand what the teacher said. This research aims to find out the types of
mistakes students make when writing countable and uncountable nouns in
sentences.
This research used descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this study
were students of class 9E SMPN 1 Ngabang, totalling 37 students. Researcher used
instruments: Observation and written test. To analyse the data, researchers used data
reduction techniques.
From the results of the study, the researcher found 50 total errors made by
students in writing Countable and Uncountable nouns, from 4 types of errors only
3 errors were made by class 9E students, namely: Addition of 6 errors, addition is
the presence of certain unnecessary items in a sentence or utterance. Omission as
many as 37 errors, omission is the absence of a necessary item in a sentence.
Substitution as many as 7 errors, substitution is the use of the wrong word form in
a sentence or utterance. There is 1 type of error that is not found, namely
Permutation. The most common type of error made by students is the omission