An analysis on Students’ Errors In Writing Recount Text

Abstract

This study deals with an analysis on students‟ errors in writing recount text. The objectives of this study were (1) to find out the types of error made by students in writing recount text, (2) to find out the most dominant type of error made by students in writing recount text. This study was conducted at SMK SWASTA PAB. 2 HELVETIA with the number of population was 76 students of tent grade students. They were into two classes. By using purposive sampling, class of X AP 1 was selected to be the sample of the study with the number of students was 38. Written test instrument was used in this research. The method of the research was descriptive quantitative method. The result of the test showed that there were four types of error in writing. They were omission, addition, misformation and misordering. The dominant types of error in writing recount text was misformation with 88 or 44% error, then omission with 47 or 23,5%. Next addition error with 42 or 21%. And the last misordering error with 2 or 11,5%. The cause of error found in students” writing text, they were intralingual interference, interlingual interference and carelessness