AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE RECOUNT WRITING AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS ON SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 8 CIPUTAT TANGERANG IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

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

RETNO PERTIWI. NIM: 1001065185. An Error Analysis of the Recount Writing at the Tenth Grade Students on SMA Muhammadiyah 8 Ciputat Tangerang in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. A Paper, The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR HAMKA, Jakarta, 2014.
The research was held at SMA Muhammadiyah 8 Ciputat Tangerang. The objectives of this research were: to know the typical errors on the students‟ recount writing and to know the sources of errors which are made by the students in the first semester at the tenth grade on SMA Muhammadiyah 8 Ciputat Tangerang in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The samples of this research were the 27 students at the tenth grade. In the first meeting, the writer asked the students to make recount writing based on the instruction that has been given in the writing task. The writer gave topic “The Unforgettable Moment”. After that, the writer collected the students‟ writing to be analyzed by underlined the fault. In the second meeting, the writer gave back the writing to the students. The writer asked the students to re-correct their fault that have been underlined by the writer. Then the writer collected again the writing from the students. After that, the writer analyzed the student‟s writing. If the students able to re-correct their fault it called a mistake, but if the students cannot re-correct their fault it called an error. In this research, the writer used Azar‟s theory to analyze the types of errors, and Brown‟s theory in analyzing the source of errors.
The writer found that there were 13 types of errors in the students‟ writing, they were Singular-Plural with 12 or (1.42%), Spelling with 36 or (4.27%), Capitalization with 86 or (10.2%), Punctuation with 105 or (12.5%), Run on Sentence with 1 or (0.12%), Word Choice with 191 or (22.7%), Verb Tense with 109 or (12.9%), Article with 3 or (0.36%), Incomplete Sentence with 22 or (2.61%), Omit a Word with 56 or (6.64%), Add a Word with 204 or (24.2%), Word Order with 16 or (1.9%), Word Form with 2 or (0.24%). Besides that, there were 4 sources of errors in the students‟ writing; they were Interlingual Transfer with 374 or (44.4%), Intralingual Transfer with 224 or (26.6%), Context of Learning with 206 or (24.4%), and Communication Strategies with 39 or (4.63%).
After seeing the result of the research, it indicates that most of students need more treatment and remedial teaching from the teacher toward their errors in English writing and the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 8 Ciputat Tangerang still need more practice in order to develop their writing.