An Error Analysis on Students’ Narrative Writing at the Eleventh Grade on SMAN 107 Jakarta in 2015/2016 Academic Year

antony lee; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m.pd.; bita dwi rahmani, m.pd.;

RIKA RAHMAWATI. 1201065267. An Error Analysis on Students’ Narrative
Writing at the Eleventh Grade on SMAN 107 Jakarta in 2015/2016 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 2016.
The population of the study was the eleventh grade students of SMAN 107
Jakarta in the 2015/2016 academic year. It consists of 252 students. The writer
took 33 students as a sample by using random sampling. The objective of the
study is to find out the students‟ types and source of errors in their writing. The
method employed in this study is a descriptive analytical method. The writer gave
writing task on narrative writing. To differentiate errors and mistake, the writer
asked the students to do same test on different day. The students wrote three
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
capitalization with 17.71%. Next, punctuation with 17.38%, add a word and word
choice with 13.28%. Then omit a word with 13.06%, verb tense with 10.96%,
word form with 5.86%, spelling with 3.76, meaning not clear with 2.65%, run on
sentence with 0.77%, incomplete sentence with 0.44%, singular plural and word
order with 0.33%, The last is article with 0.11%. In accordance to the above
typical errors, the writer found out that the most sources of errors made by
students are in context of learning with 35.10%, interlingual transfer with 27.13%,
intralingual transfer with 21.48%, and communication strategy with 16.27%.
Regarding to the result of the study, it is indicated that some students need more
treatment and remedial teaching from the teacher toward their errors in English
writing.