AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT WRITING AT SMK BANGUN NUSANTARA KOTA TANGERANG IN 2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEAR

kartika dwy anggraini; dra. burhayani, m. pd.; siswana, m. pd.;

TRISTI OCTSWARA. NIM: 0801065201. An Error Analysis on the Eleventh
Grade Students’ Recount Writing at SMK Bangun Nusantara Kota Tangerang in
2011/2012 Academic Year. A Paper, The Study Program of English Education,
The Department Language and Art Education, The School of Teacher Training
and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. HAMKA, Jakarta,
2012.
The aim of the research was to identify, analyze and classify the types and
sources of errors which are made by students in writing skill. In error analysis, the
writer identified, analyzed and classified the errors on students’ recount writing
and found some errors on their writing. Then, the writer categorized the errors and
calculated them into the percentage. After that, the writer classified the errors
based on the types and sources of error. The object of this research is the eleventh
grade students at SMK Bangun Nusantara Kota Tangerang in 2011/2012
academic year. The writer focused the error analysis on the grammatical aspect
based on Azar’s and Brown’s theory in their recount writing.
The writer found that the result of the research showed the highest
percentage of common errors that mostly students made is the usage of omit a
word in the recount with 26.53% or 368 errors and add a word 17.52% or 243
errors. Then, followed by others errors such as, capitalization with 14.42% or 200
errors, punctuation with 13.55% or 188 errors, word choice with 9.01% or 125
errors, the lowest error that students made is the usage of incomplete sentence
with 0.14% or 2 errors. It also shows that the sources of error done by the eleventh
grade students of SMK Bangun Nusantara Kota Tangerang is in intralingual
transfer which takes the first place with 50.40% or 699 errors. The writer found
that the students made this error because the lack of the students’ knowledge in
understanding the rules of target language. Then, the second source of error is
context of learnning with percentage of 29.06% or 403 errors. The writer found
that the students made this error because of misleading explanation from the
teachers or even because of pattern that was routinely memorized in a drill but
improperly contextualized. From the table the writer can see that probably the
errors which are students made because of the weakness in mastering both
grammar and vocabulary.
After seeing the result of the research, the writer concluded that the teacher
on the eleventh grade students at SMK Bangun Nusantara Kota Tangerang should
give more exercises in learning about grammar, because mostly students made
errors in using the right words and arranging the words on making a recount
writing. The result of the research will be analyzed and used as input for the
teacher to design and plan the appropriate remedial programs, and also to help
students in learning activity about writing.