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After the researcher carried out this research, the researcher then offers some recomendation and suggestion to students, teachers and other researchers.

1. This research gives opportunities for further researchers, because the researcher in this research only categorized the errors into the types of

errors, while this study does not examine the factors that make errors occur.

2. This research also give opportunity to the future researchers to review further about this research with the function and usefulness of different prepositions, in other word the future researchers can take other examples of preposition to find out how the errors are, what types of the errors are, what the common errors is or what factors that influence the students’ errors in the use of those prepositions.

3. Teachers should help the students to resolve the students’ errors in using preposition in, on, at.

4. Teachers should be more active and creative in teaching, more techniques and media in teaching students will make them more attractive in learning process.

5. Students should be more active in studying preposition in, on, at

6. Students should pay more attention when the teacher explain in front of the class so there is no material missed.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dian Sari Zahara Munthe was born on may, 09th 1997 in Bagan Batu, Rokan Hilir, Riau, Indonesia. She is the third daughter from Alm. Mr. Ruslan Munthe and Mrs. Safariah. She has one sister, her name is Dewi Sartika and she has one brother, his name is Hasan Azhari Munthe. The researcher had finished her study at Elementary School Pembangunan Bagan Batu, in 2009. Then, she continued her study at Junior High School Pembangunan Bagan Batu. After that, in 2012 she continued her study at Vocational High School Pembangunan Bagan Batu and finished in 2015. After finished her study in Vocational High School, in 2015 she continued her study at Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau (UIN SUSKA RIAU) majoring in English Education, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training. She conducted the research in May 2019 by the thesis entitled “An Analysis of Students‟ Errors in Using Preposition „in, on, at‟ at Junior High School Pembangunan Bagan Batu Rokan Hilir”. Finally, the researcher followed the Munaqasah Examination in November 5th 2019. The researcher could finish her study about 4.5 years with predicat sangat memuaskan (GPA: 3.55) and appropriate to get Undergraduate Degree (S.Pd).