An Error Analysis of Descriptive Writing in the Tenth Grade at SMA Trisula Gunung Putri in 2016/2017 Academic Year

kurnia heriansyah, se, m.ak; drs. susilo wardoyo, m.pd; nita kaniadewi, m.pd;

LULU OKTAVIA. 1201065136. An Error Analysis of Descriptive Writing in the Tenth Grade at SMA Trisula Gunung Putri in 2016/2017 Academic Year. The Paper, Jakarta : The Study Programme of English Education, the school of Teacher Training and Education, the University of Muhammdyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta 2017.
The research was conducted at the tenth grade students at SMA Trisula Gunung Putri in the 2016/2017 academic year. The purpose of this study was to find the typical errors and the causes of error which were made by the students in descriptive writing. The respondents of this study were 30 students. The writer analyzed the types of error by uzing Azar’s theory and the sources of error by Brown’s theory in the students writing. The result of the research revealed that the common errors on the students writing were errors in the verb tense ( 20,90% ), spelling ( 20,15% ), capitalization ( 15,67% ), add word ( 8,96% ), omit word ( 6,72% ), word choice ( 5,97% ), singular – plural ( 5,52% ), punctuationn ( 4,48% ), word form ( 2,99% ), incomplete sentence ( 2,99% ), word order ( 2,24% ), article (2,24% ), run on sentence ( 1,49% ), meaning not clear ( 0,00% ). Beside, the common errors on the sources of error were in the intralingual transfer ( 54,48% ), context of learning ( 18,66% ), interlingual transfer ( 16,42% ), communication strategis ( 10,45% ). It indicated that some students need more treatment and remedial teaching from the teacher toward their errors in Eglish writing.