THE ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERROR MADE BY THE STUDENTS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT (A CASE STUDY OF SMA NEGERI 1 PEUSANGAN)

Authors

  • INTAN AZUHRA UNIVERSITAS ALMUSLIM
  • ISWADI
  • Misnar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51179/jeess.v2i2.1492

Keywords:

Grammatical Error, Recount Text

Abstract

The research of an analysis of grammatical error made by the students in writing recount text has been
done at SMAN 1 Peusangan. It was begun from October 2 2020 until October 3 2020. The problem of
this research is; What are the most common types of grammatical errors made by the students in writing
recount text. Based on the research problem, there is one purpose of the research, namely; to find out
the most common types of grammatical errors made by students in writing recount text. The scope of
this research focused on the grammatical errors made by 1st grade students of SMAN 1 Peusangan in
writing recount text. This research is designed as qualitative research using ‘test’ as the instrument of
the research, the data is then analyzed with three steps of procedure, namely: data reduction, data
display, and data verification/conclusion drawing. The results of the research on the grammatical errors
made by 1st grade students of SMAN 1 Peusangan in writing recount text showed that, capitalization was
the most frequent error made by the 1st grade students of SMAN 1 Peusangan with the percentage of
19%, meanwhile run-on sentence was the least frequent error made by the students with the percentage
of 0%. Cause of error in intralingual error contributed up to 55% or 165 errors, followed by interference
error which contributed up to 35% or 107 errors, and the last is developmental error that contributed up
to 10% or 30 errors. Based on the results of research, it was concluded that the 1st grade students of SMAN
1 Peusangan often avoid the systematic of writing without capitalize several types of word like name of
place, country, people and also the first letter of a new sentence. Conclusion was stated based on the
result that showed capitalization had the biggest contributions on students’ grammatical errors.
Key Words: Grammatical Error, Recount Text

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Published

2022-10-31

How to Cite

INTAN AZUHRA, ISWADI, & Misnar. (2022). THE ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERROR MADE BY THE STUDENTS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT (A CASE STUDY OF SMA NEGERI 1 PEUSANGAN). Journal of English Education and Social Science, 2(2), 30–40. https://doi.org/10.51179/jeess.v2i2.1492