An Error Analysis On Descriptive Writing Made by The SEVEN Grade Students Of SMP NEGERI 171 East Jakarta In The 2016/2017 Academic Year
bambang tutuko, s.e., m.si., ak., ca ; meita larasati, s.pd., m.sc.; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd.; heni novitasari, m.pd.;
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ULFA MAULIDA. NIM: 1301065167. An Error Analysis On Descriptive Writing Made by The SEVEN Grade Students Of SMP NEGERI 171 East Jakarta In The 2016/2017 Academic Year. A Paper, Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education the School of Teacher Training and Education, The University Of Muhammadiyah Prof.DR.Hamka, 2018.
The objective of the study was to find out the common errors and the sources of errors made by students on their descriptive writing. The sample of this study was 30 students. In the first meeting, the writer asked the students to make the descriptive writing based on the instruction given on the writing task. The topic was about family members, idol, interesting place, favorite food or hometown. After that, the writer collected the students‘ writing to be analyzed by giving the clues and corrections for the students‘ mistakes. In the second meeting, the writer gave back the writing to the students. Next, the writer asked the students to revise their mistakes based on the clues given before. Then, the writer recollected the students‘ writing. Then, the writer analyzed the types of errors based on Betty Azar‘s classification and the sources of errors related to Brown‘s version on the students‘ writing. In this study, the writer used the descriptive analytical method. To collect the data, the writer administered the kind of writing task to the students. Finally, the writer analyzed the students‘ writing errors.
The result of the study revealed the common errors on the students‘ writing. The types of errors were: 24 singular plural errors (3%), 19 word form errors (3%), 82 word choice errors (12%), 102 verb tense errors (15%), 33 additional word errors (5%), 117 omitted word errors (17%), 0 word order errors (0%), 0 incomplete sentence (0%), 60 spelling errors (9%), 81 punctuation errors (12%), 143 capitalization errors (21%), 15 article errors (2%), 17 unclear meaning (2%), 0 run-on sentence errors (0%). Besides, the common errors for the sources of errors were: 375 intralingual transfer errors (55%), and 307 interlingual transfer errors (45%).
Based on the above result of the study, the writer concluded that the most common type of error made by the students is capitalization errors and the most source of error made by the students is intralingual transfer. Hopefully, this paper will be useful, for the writer and the readers who are learning the same subject, and also for the English teachers.
