ABSTRACT: GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY EIGHT-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 11 MALANG

GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT MADE BY EIGHT-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 11 MALANG

ABSTRACT

            This research was carried out to determine and describe the grammatical errors in writing descriptive text made by the eight-grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Malang. This research was conducted based on the fact that there were many errors in writing descriptive text made by the eight-grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Malang.

             This research used a qualitative research design. A qualitative research design was used to determine and describe the errors and the frequency of errors in writing descriptive text made by the eight-grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Malang. The research instrument used in this research was writing test. The writing test used was in form of descriptive writing. The population of this research was the eight-grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Malang that consisted of 270 students. The researcher used simple random sampling in taking the sample. The sample was taken from F class that consisted of 34 students. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Surface Strategy Taxonomy.

            The result of data analysis showed that there were four types of errors made by students in writing descriptive text. There were omission errors, addition errors, misformation errors, and misordering errors. Meanwhile, the frequency of errors made by the students in writing descriptive text showed that the frequency of omission  errors was (56.52%), addition errors was (7.60%), misformation errors was (30.43%). and misordering errors was (5.43%). Furthermore, the highest frequency of errors was omission errors, whereas the lowest frequency of errors was misordering.

Keywords: Errors, Writing, Descriptive Text.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 abstract grammatical errors