An Error Analysis on Recount Text Written by the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 2 Babelan Bekasi in 2016/2017 Academic Year

gita kurnia, [et.al]; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd;

DIAH AYU WULAN SUCI. 1201065054. An Error Analysis on Recount Text Written by the Tenth Grade Students of SMAN 2 Babelan Bekasi in the 2016/2017 Academic Year. A Paper. Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education, The Department of Language and Art Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. HAMKA, 2016.
This research was conducted at SMAN 2 Babelan Bekasi on the tenth grade students which consists of 30 students. The aim of this research is to find out the most typical errors made by the students in recount text and its cause. The samples of this study were 30 students. In the first meeting, the writer asked the students to make recount writing based on the instruction that had been given in the writing task. The topic was “Unforgettable Moment”. After that, the writer collected the students‟ writing to be analyzed by circling the mistakes. In the second meeting, the writer gave back the writing to the students and asked the students to re-correct their mistakes that had been circling by the writer. Then the writer collected again the students‟ writing. After that, the writer analyzed the types of errors by using Azar‟s theory and the sources of error by Brown‟s theory in the students‟ writing.
In this research, the writer used descriptive method. In collecting the data, the writer administered a kind of writing task to students. Then the writer analyzed the error that were made by the students in their writing.
The result of the research revealed that common errors on the students writing were errors in the verb tense 26.89%, next omit a word 18.89%, word choice 11.33%, add a word 10.44%, capitalization 10.00%, punctuation 7.11%, word order 3.56%, meaning not clear 2.89%, incomplete sentence 2.67%, spelling 2.22%, singular-plural 1.56%, run on sentence 1,33%, word form 0.67%, and article 0.45%. After seeing the result of the study, it indicated that some students need more treatment and remedial teaching from the teacher toward their errors in English writing.