Grammatical errors in writing paragraph: a case study of students' writing skill

Abstract

The aim of study is to analyze grammatical errors in writing paragraph: a case study of students' writing skill. The design of this research was qualitative research. There are three types of grammatical errors have been found in paragraph writing. They are: Omission, Misformation, and Misordering. The design of this research was qualitative research. There are three types of grammatical errors have been found in paragraph writing. They are: Omission, Misformation, and Misordering. The data was collected by the following steps, researcher : 1) took some of the second semester students‟ data in UMSU; 2) made a transcript of the students‟ paragraph writing; 3) rereaded the paragraph writing and focus on the grammatical error; 4) identified the types of grammatical error on paragraph writing which performed by students. The researcher analyzed the data as follows: Identification of errors In this stage the researcher found out any deviation which possibly could be found in students‟ writing. That could be omission, misformation and misordering. Classification of errors Then the researcher classified the errors which have been found based on their grammar aspects, such as third person singular verb, to be and so on. Tabulating the errors The next, the researcher calculated the frequency of each type of errors and their grammar aspects. Analyzing the errors This step dealt with deeper analysis of the errors found and the sources of errors in the students‟ writing. Drawing a conclusion After analyzing the errors, the researcher made a conclusion based on what have been found. From the data analysis, some conclusions can be seen from the writing paragraph by second semester students of English education in UMSU: 1. The types of error were discovered in writing paragraph based on analysis are 3 types omission, misformation and misordering. 2. The reasons of grammatical error were caused are carelessness, nescient and ignorance. The omission was caused by ignorance when the students are not intentional to do mistake, but the result approved that it was only mistake. The misformation was caused by intralingual interference, carlesness and nescience. And the misordering was caused by nescience.