AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT ON THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 106 JAKARTA IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

aprilinda windiastri; siswana, m. pd.; nita kaniadewi, m. pd.;

TIA YANDITA. An Error analysis of Students‟ Writings of Recount Text at Tenth
Grade Students of SMAN 106 East Jakarta in 2013/2014 Academic Year. A Paper,
Jakarta: The English Study Programme. The School of Teacher Training and
Education. The University of MuhammadiyahProf.DR. Hamka, Jakarta 2014.
The objectives of the research were to find out the most typical errors made by the
tenth grade students of senior high school. In collecting the data, the writer gave a
recount writing test to the students. Then the writer analyzed the writing errors done
by the students. This research, which consisted of 30 students, was conducted at
SMAN 106 East Jakarta on the first semester.
The method employed in this study was a descriptive analysis. Thewriter gave a
guided task on recount writing. To differentiateerrors and mistakes, the writer asked
the students to do the same test on a different day. In making writing, the students
wrote 3 paragraphs based on the questionsasked by the writer.
The study showed that the most typical errors done by the students were in Add a
Word with30.86 %, Omit a Word with 21.51 %, Capitalization with 9.79 %,
Punctuation with 9.60 %, Verb Tense with 7.94 %, Word Choice with 6.66%,
Spellingwith 4.03 %, Word Form with 2.30%, Run-on Sentence with 1.86%, Word
Order with1.79 %, Singular-Plural with 1.67 %, Incomplete Sentence with 1.47 %,
Meaning Not Clear with0.32 %, and the last Article with 0.20 %. Besides that the
most sources of errors done by the students were Intralingual Transferwith 67.79%,
Context of Learning with 23.43%, Interlingual Transfer with 8.45% and the last
Communication Strategies with 0.32%.
The results of the data analysis have shown that the most typical errors were Add a
Word and less was Article. It indicates that the most of students need more
explanation and remedial teaching from the teacher to evaluate their errors in English
writing. Besides that the tenth grade student of SMAN 106 Jakarta also need more
practice in order to develop their writings. From this research the students are also
suggested to correct their mistake in writing, and for the teacher they have to develop
their teaching especially in writing