AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS ERROR IN USING QUANTIFIERS

Abstract

This Research was aimed to find out the seventh grade students’ errors in using quantifiers, to find out the percentages errors,and to describe out context learning influence students errors made by the seventh grade students in using quantifiers. The writer used the descriptive method in doing this research and thirty five students became the sample by the use of convienience sampling. The data were collected by using test. Test is used for measuring ability, achivment, interest, and traits. In collecting the data the writer used a written test consisting of twenty items. The test is the form of Essay (sentence writing) consisting seven items and true or false consisting thirteen items and the time allocation to do the test was fourty five minutes. The written test is used to know the percentage the seventh grade students errors in using quantifiers. These problem are probably caused by having no mastery of countable and uncountable nouns. Based on fact the writer found some students at SMP Negeri 8 Lubuklinggau often found the errors in mastering grammar about quantifiers.