AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF USING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN WRITING PAST EXPERIENCE ON FACEBOOK AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 15 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012 /2013

Abstract

This thesis is mainly aimed at determining the kinds of error and finding out the dominant error that the students made in using simple past tense in writing past experience on Facebook at the eighth grade students of State Junior High School 15 Purworejo in the academic year of 2012 / 2013. The instrument that the researcher uses to collect the data is written test in the form of status update that the researcher posted on Facebook. In order to get complete, the qualitative approach was used in which the results of analysis were presented in descriptive method. The result of the study shows that almost all students make four error types. They are omission, addition, misformation, misordering errors. Furthermore, the dominant error made by the students in using simple past tense in writing past experience is misformation error caused by false concept hypothesized. Based on the result of the research, it is suggested that the eighth grade students of State Junior High School 15 Purworejo should be given more explanation and exercises on simple past tense.

Key words: Simple Past tense, Writing, Past Experience, Facebook, Error Analysis