AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 LUBUK BASUNG IN RETELLING A NARRATIVE TEXT

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Abstract

            The purpose of this research was to describe types of grammatical errors made by the second grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Lubuk Basung in retelling a narrative text orally. The design of this research was descriptive research. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Lubuk Basung in academic year 2013/2014. The members of the population were 243 students. The researcher took class B as the sample and the total number of sample was 31 students. In selecting sample, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique. The instrument used to get the data was speaking test in the form of retelling a narrative text. The researcher found the reliability of the test by using inter-rater technique. It was found that the coefficient correlation was very high (.98). It means that the test was reliable. Then, the test was valid in terms of content validity.The result of the data analysis showed that students made grammatical errors in retelling a narrative text orally. It was proved by the researcher finding showing 517 grammatical errors that students made. There were four grammatical errors, they were 283 errors (54.74%) in omission, 116 errors (22.44%) in addition, 102 errors (19.73%) in misformation, and 16 errors (3.09%) in misordering. Finally, by having known the grammatical errors made by the students in speaking test in the form of retelling a narrative text, the students should know the reasons why they should learn English grammar so they have spirit to learn English grammar in speaking. Besides, the researcher also gives suggestion to the teachers to pay more attention to the factors that cause grammatical errors of students and should inform the students the reasons why they learn English grammar. Furthermore, the researcher suggests other researchers to find out other forms of errors made by the students in speaking and find the factors that cause grammatical errors in omission because it was the most freguent grammatical error made by the students in retelling the text.

Key words: Grammatical Error, Retelling Story, Narrative Text.