AN ANALYSIS ON THE STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMPN 31 PADANG

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research was to describe the grammatical errors made by the students in writing descriptive text. Descriptive text is a kind of text that is used to describe a place, a person and any other subjects. Descriptive text is one of the texts studied by the second year students of junior high school. The researcher used descriptive design in this research. The population of this research was the second year students of SMPN 31 Padang. The total number of population was 234. They were distributed into eight classes; VIII 1, VIII 2, VIII 3, VIII 4, VIII 5, VIII 6, VIII 7 and VIII 8. In selecting the sample, the resercher used cluster random sampling technique. The number of sample was 29 students. The instrument used to collect the data was writing test. The researcher found the reliability of the test by using Pearson Product Moment formula. It was found that the reliability index of this test was 0.89. The result of the data analysis showed the grammatical errors made by the second year students of SMP 31 Padang in writing descriptive text telling a person. Specifically, the researcher found that 30.12% students made grammatical errors in omission, 14.93% students made grammatical errors in addition, 3.4% students made errors in misformation, and 5.15% students made errors in misordering. Based on that findings it could be concluded that some second year students at SMPN 31 Padang made grammatical errors in writing descriptive text about telling a person. They made errors in omission, addition, misformation and misordering. In line with the suggestion of this research, the students need to practice more in writing so that they can be aware of making grammatical errors in their writing especially in telling a person.

Key Words : Analysis, Grammatical Errors, Descriptive Text