ERROR RECOGNITION WITH REASON TEST TO ENHANCE GRAMMAR CAPABILITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITAS ISLAM MAJAPAHIT MOJOKERTO

Abstract

This study aims aims to answer the problems on the factors that influence the students in comprehending English grammar and analyzing on the implementation of error recognition with reason test in teaching and learning process can improve English grammar comprehension of students of Educational Study Program of Universitas Islam Majapahit Mojokerto qualitatively and quantitatively. The implementation of ERWRT had improved students’ English grammar comprehending that can be seen through  the comparison of the results of pre-treatment which shows that on pre-treatment out of 35 students, there were 11 got the score below 55 as the Passing Grade. Result of column 3 showed that all students got the score above passing grade. The result of C4 Cycle I showed that out of 29 students, only 1 student failed. The result of C4 in cycle II showed that all students succeed. The average of C3 in cycle II escalated from 97.9 to 100. The average of C4 escalated from 77 to 97. In cycle I, there were six grammatical errors. Those were (1) Subject and verb disagreement, (2) using preposition, (3) error in using articles, (4) error in forming passive voice, (5) error in using to be, and (6) using multiple verbs. In non-grammatical errors, there were wrong spelling, wrong diction, and no answer. On cycle II, grammatical and non-grammatical errors still can be found as in cycle I except error in using articles. New errors in cycle II was numbers and noun disagreement. The improvement of grammar comprehension had shown that ERWRT can be used to improve grammar comprehension and writing skills.