AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS NARRATIVE WRITING AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF MAN 10 JAKARTA IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

fajrina alvi; siswana, m. pd.; roihatul millah, m. pd.;

FATIAH NABILAH, 1001065243. An Error Analysis of the Students Narrative Writing at The Eleventh Grade of MAN 10 Jakarta in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The paper Jakarta. The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher's Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, Jakarta 2014.
The population of the study was the eleventh grade students of MAN 10 Jakarta in the 2013/2014 academic year. It consists of 56 students. The writer took 30 students as a sample. The objective of the study was to find out the students types and source of errors in their writing. The method employed in this study was a descriptive analytical method. The writer gave writing task on narrative writing. To differentiate errors and mistake, the writer asked the students to do the same test on different day. The students wrote 3 paragraphs based on the theme given by the writer.
From the data calculation, the study showed that the most typical errors done by the students were in add a word with 18.20%, next word choice with 17,75%, verb tense with 16,05%, omit a word with 12,35%, punctuation with 11,39%. The smalled typical errors done by the students were in capitalization with 8,58%, word form with 3,18%, spelling with 2,88%, meaning not clear with 2,07%, run-on sentence with 2,00%, word order with 1,78%, singular-plural with 1,70%, incomplete sentence 1,41%, and article with 0,67%. The errors are mostly made because of students lack of grammar rules and lack of knowledge in foreign language learning. It means intralingual transfer and interlingual transfer are the most typical source of errors.