An Error Analysis of Application Letter Writing of the Twelfth Grade Students of SMKN 22 Jakarta in the 2013/2014 Academic Year.
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EVA RAISA. NIM: 1001065072. An Error Analysis of Application Letter
Writing of the Twelfth Grade Students of SMKN 22 Jakarta 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, 2015.
The objective of the study is to find empirical evidence of the errors that
students made in application letter writing of the twelfth grade students of SMKN
22 Jakarta in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. This study was conducted at the
twelfth grade students of SMKN 22 Jakarta. There are 6 classes which consist of
292 students. In this case, the writer chose XII AP 1 which consist of 25 students
as the sample of the study. In collecting the data, the writer did the research twice.
At the first meeting, the writer asked the students to write an application letter
based on the job vacancy in the writing task. Then, at the second meeting, the
students had to correct their mistakes that have been marked by the writer. After
that, the writer analyzed the errors that are done by the students.
Based on the study, the writer found that the most typical error that have
been done by the students are capitalization on percentage 31,56% and add a word
with 14,20%. The next errors are omit a word with 12,43%, spelling with 11,44%,
punctuation with 9,86%, word choice and verb tense with 5,72%, word order with
3,15%, meaning not clear with 2, 37%, word form with 1, 38%, incomplete
sentence with 0,79%, run on sentence with 0,60%, the last is singular-plural and
article on percentage 0,39%. Besides, the most source of error is context of
learning with 42,20% and intralingual transfer with 32,55%. The next is
interlingual transfer on 18,54%. The last is communication strategies on 6,71%.
Based on the data, the writer concludes that the most typical error that
students made in their application letter writing is capitalization. It is caused by
the students are confused between the teacher and textbook‟s explanation. They
do not give attention to capital letters in their writing.
