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AN ANALYSIS OF SENTENCE FRAGMENTS IN STUDENTS’ WRITING OF 8TH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs.N 2 KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

By Naili Sayyidatul Musfiroh NIM 200932193

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013

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AN ANALYSIS OF SENTENCE FRAGMENT IN STUDENTS’ WRITING OF 8TH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs.N 2 KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Skripsi Presented to the University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Completing the Sarjana Program English Education

By Naili Sayyidatul Musfiroh NIM 200932193

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013

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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Skripsi of Naili Sayyidatul Musfiroh (NIM: 200932193) has been approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the examining committee.

Kudus, Advisor I

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo S.S, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001187

Kudus, Advisor II

Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001009

Acknowledged by The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,

Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd NIP 19621219198703 1 001

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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL

This is to certify that the Skripsi of Naili Sayyidatul Musfiroh (NIM: 200932193) has been approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Education

Kudus, Skripsi Examining Committee:

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo S.S, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001187

, Chairperson

Dra. Sri Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001009

, Member

Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd NIP.196204131988031002

, Member

Atik Rokhayani S.Pd, M.Pd NIS.0610701000001207

, Member

Acknowledged by The Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Dean,

Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd NIP. 196212191987031001

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Motto: Man jadda wa Jada. Where there is a will, there is a way. A desire and patience are owned by someone who get success.

This final project is dedicated to: Her beloved father and mother (Moh. Ali Zuhdi, BA and Ummi Tumijah) for their never ending support, help and pray for her Her

lovely

sisters

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brothers

(Ummi,Aim, Rois and Aufa) Her beloved advisors (1. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo S.S, M.Pd, 2. Dra. Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd) for all advice which have been given. Her close friend ( Sri, Mila, Nurul, Rian, Dina and Cuke)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Her special thanks must first and foremost go to Allah SWT the almighty and the merciful for the blessing, health, miracle and inspiration given to me leading to the completion of this final project and finishing my study. Praise and invocation are also given to our Prophet, Muhammad SAW, who is always hoped his intercession in the end of the world. Therefore, the writer would express her appreciation to those who have helped her, namely: 1. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd. as the Dean of FKIP UMK. 2. Diah Kurniati, M.Pd., as the Head of EED FKIP UMK. 3. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo S.S, M.Pd as the first advisor for his best suggestions, guidance, and motivation in finishing this final project. 4. Dra. Endang Kusmaryati, M.Pd as the second advisor for her valuable help, guidance, correction, and suggestions for the completion of this final project. 5. Her beloved parents, grandmother and grandfather who always give support, motivation and moral encouragement to finish her study. 6. Her sisters and brothers, Ummi, Aim, Rois and Aufa, thanks for support and affection.. 7. Her beloved friends in Pena Kampus and BEM FKIP UMK. Thanks for your love and affection, and friendship. 8. Her close friends ( Sri, Mila, Nurul, Rian, Dina and Cuke)

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9. Her friends in English Education Department and all people who have helped her finishing this skripsi. Those cannot be mentioned one by one for the support. The writer realizes that this research paper is far from being perfect. Therefore, she hopes any constructive criticism from the readers to make it better.

Kudus, September 2013

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ABSTRACT Musfiroh, Naili Sayyidatul. 2013. An Analysis of Sentence Fragment in Students’ Writing of 8th Grade students of MTs. N 2 Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013.Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty.Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (I) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S,M.Pd., (2) Dra. Endang Kusmaryati,M.Pd. Key words: Sentence Fragments, Students’ Writing English writing is needed in communication because it is one of the way to express the language. It also can express their idea, thoughts, opinion, and feelings. Unfortunately many people of our country have less thinking in appreciating English writing. In Junior high school, especially in MTs. N 2 Kudus, students learn how to compose students’ writing. As we know that students’ writing usually as a parameter for the students about their ability in writing. Students’ writing is short piece of written work done by students at school. In making students’ writing, students should know about how to make a good writing which is students should present the meaning of words that consist of grammar, panctuation and spelling.The lack of ability in writing students’ writing caused many error, one of them is sentence fragment. A sentence fragment does not have one of the following: a subject, verb, subject and verb and main or independent clause, and it makes the reader confuse. The objective of the research is to find out the types of sentence fragment in students’ writing of 8th grade students of MTs.N 2 Kudus in Academic year 2012/2013 and tofind out the contructions of sentence fragments. In this research, the writer used descriptive qualitative research. The data of the research was sentence fragmentand the data source of the research was students’ writing ofthe 8th grade students of MTs Negeri 2 Kudus. The result of this study shows that types of sentence fragmentwas used; the dominant sentence fragment is 24 sentences. It is in the sentence without verb,then it is followed by a sentence without subject 11 sentences, and a sentence without subject10sentences and a sentence without main or independent clause 9 sentences.The constructions of each types of sentence fragments which are found in students’ writing by the 8th grade students ofMTs.N 2 Kudus show that all of the sentence fragment does not has a complete though. In order to optimize the result, the teacher can give emphasis and controling in writing a students writing in order that the students never write sentences fragment anymore. It is also better if he or she can give more deeply explaination to the students about the complete sentence and sentence fragment by showing the rule of sentence and giving the example of complete sentence and sentence fragment. While, the students should know the rule ofEnglish or grammar, especially sentence fragment. It is very important to be known,so that they can avoid it in writing.

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ABSTRAK Musfiroh, Naili Sayyidatul. 2013. An Analysis of Sentence Fragment in Students’ Writing of 8th Grade students of MTs. N 2 Kudus in Academic Year 2012/2013.Skripsi:Jurusan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (I) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, S.S,M.Pd., (2) Dra. Endang Kusmaryati,M.Pd. Kata Kunci : Sentence Fragments, Tugas Karangan Siswa Menulis dalam bahasa inggris dibutuhkan didalam berkomunikasi karena itu merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengekspresikan suatu bahasa. Hal itu juga dapat menunjukkan ide mereka, pemikiran, pendapat dan perasaan. Sayangnya banyak orang dinegara kita yang memiliki pemikiran yang kurang dalam memahami penulisan inggris. Di sekolah menengah pertama, khususnya di MTs. N 2 Kudus, siswa-siswa belajar bagaimana membuat tugas karangan siswa. Sebagaimana kita tahu bahwa tugas karanagn siswa sebagai parameter bagi mereka dalam hal kemampuan di bidang menulis. Tugas karangan siswa adalah potongan pendek karya tulis yang dilakukan oleh siswa di sekolah. Dalam membuat tugas karangan, siswa harus tahu tentang bagaimana membuat tulisan yang baik yang siswa harus menyajikan makna kata-kata yang terdiri dari tata bahasa, ejaan. Kurangnya kemampuan dalam menulis karya tulis mahasiswa menyebabkan banyak kesalahan, salah satunya adalah fragmen kalimat. Sebuah fragmen kalimat tidak memiliki salah satu dari berikut: subjek, kata kerja, subjek dan kata kerja dan klausa utama atau independen, dan itu membuat pembaca bingung Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mencari tipe dari sentence fragment yang terdapat pada tugas karangan siswadari siswa kelas 8 MTs.N 2 Kudus pada tahun Akademik 2012/2013 dan untuk mengetahui struktur fragmen kalimat. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data dari penelitian ini adalah fragmen kalimat dan sumber data penelitian adalah menulis siswa dari siswa kelas 8 MTs Negeri 2 Kudus. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa jenis fragmen kalimat yang dominan digunakan adalah 24 kalimat. Hal ini terdapat dalam kalimat tanpa kata kerja, kemudian diikuti dengan kalimat tanpa subjek 11 kalimat, dan kalimat tanpa subjek 10 kalimat dan kalimat utama 9 kalimat. Konstruksi masing-masing jenis fragmen kalimat yang ditemukan dalam karangan siswa oleh siswa kelas 8 MTs. N 2 Kudus menunjukkan bahwa semua fragmen kalimat tidak memiliki pemikiran yang lengkap sekalipun. Dalam rangka mengoptimalkan hasil,guru dapat memberikan penekanan dan pengendalian dalam menulis karangan siswa agar siswa tidak pernah menulis kalimat fragmen lagi. Hal ini juga lebih baik jika guru bisa memberikan penjelasan lebih mendalam kepada siswa tentang kalimat lengkap dan kalimat fragmen dengan menunjukkan aturan kalimat dan memberikan contoh kalimat lengkap dan fragmen kalimat. Sementara, para siswa harus mengetahui aturan bahasa Inggris atau tata bahasa, terutama fragmen kalimat. Hal ini sangat penting untuk diketahui, sehingga mereka bisa menghindarinya dalam menulis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page COVER .............................................................................................................. i LOGO ................................................................................................................. ii TITLE ................................................................................................................ iii ADVISOR'S APPROVAL ................................................................................ iv EXAMINERS' APPROVAL ............................................................................ v MOTTO AND DEDICATION ......................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................ vii ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAKS ....................................................................................................... x TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................. xi LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................xiv LIST OF APPENDICES ..................................................................................

CHAPTERI INTRODUCTION 1.1

Background of the Research ............................................................... 1

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Statement of the Problem ...................................................................... 5

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Objective of the Research ..................................................................... 5

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Significance of the Research ................................................................. 6

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Scope of the Research ........................................................................... 6

1.6

Operational Definition .......................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE 2.1

Sentence ................................................................................................ 8

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Types of Sentence ................................................................................. 9

2.1.2

Part of Sentence .................................................................................... 10

2.1.3

Contruction of sentence ........................................................................ 14

2.2

Sentence Fragment ................................................................................ 14

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Types of Sentence Fragment ................................................................. 20

2.3.1

A Sentence without Subject .................................................................. 22

2.3.2

A Sentence without (Finite) Verb ......................................................... 22

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A Sentence without Subject and ((Finite) Verb .................................... 23

2.3.4

A Sentence without Main or Independent Clause................................. 24

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Writing .................................................................................................. 24 xi

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Writing Process ..................................................................................... 25

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Students Writing ................................................................................... 27

2.6.1

Genre ................................................................................................... 27

2.6.2

Types of Genre ...................................................................................... 27

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Teaching Writing in MTs Negeri 2 Kudus ........................................... 28

2.8

Previous Research ................................................................................. 29

2.9

Theoritical Framework.......................................................................... 30

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1

Design of the Research ......................................................................... 31

3.2

Data and Data Source............................................................................ 32

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Procedure of Collecting Data ................................................................ 32

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Technique of Analyzing Data ............................................................... 33

CHAPTER IV FINDINGOF THE RESEARCH 4.1

Types of Sentence Fragments Found in the Students’ writing of 8th GradeStudents of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 . 35

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Contructions of Setence Fragments Found in the Students’ writing of 8thGrade Students of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013.... ......................................................................................... 40

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Contructions of Sentence Fragments Types 1 (a Sentence without Subject) Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................. 41

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Contructions of Sentence Fragments Types 2 (a Sentence without Subject) Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................. 42

4.2.3

Contructions of Sentence Fragments Types 3 (a Sentence without Subject) Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................. 44

4.2.4

Contructions of Sentence Fragments Types 1 (a Sentence without Subject) Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .............................. 45

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CHAPTER V DISCUSSION 5.1

Sentence Fragment Found in Students Writng of 8th Grade Students ofMTs.N 2 Kudus ................................................................................. 47

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Contruction of Sentence Fragment Found in Students’ Writing .......... 50

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1

Conclusion ............................................................................................... 56

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Suggestion ............................................................................................... 57

BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES STATEMENT CURRICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLES

Table

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2.1.3

Construction of Sentence ................................................................... 14

4.1

Types of Sentence Fragments Found in the Students’ writing of 8th Grade Students of MTs.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ........................................................................................... 36

4.2.1Contructions of Sentence Fragments Types 1 (a Sentence without Subject) Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013. ....................................... 42 4.2.2Contructions of Setence Fragments Types 2 (a Sentence withoutVerbFound in the Students’ Writing of 8th Grade Students of MTS.N 2Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ........................ 43 4.2.3Contructions of Setence Fragments Types 3 (a Sentence Without Subject and Verb Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th GradeStudents of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ........................................................................................... 45 4.2.4 Contructions of Setence Fragments Types 4 (a Sentence Without Subject and Verb Found in the Students’ Writing of 8th GradeStudents of MTS.N 2 Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 ........................................................................................... 46

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