THE GRAMMATICAL INFLUENCE OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE TOWARD ENGLISH WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT FACED BY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 26 PADANG

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Abstract

 The purpose of this research was to identify in what extent are the students’ English writing of recount text influenced by their native-Indonesian grammar. This study was particularly aimed at: (1) identifying the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in Indonesia, and (2) identifying the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in English. The design of this research was descriptive. Population of this research was 287of the second grade students of SMP N26 Padang and the sample was 30 of population. The data were collected by writing test of Indonesian and writing test of English. Writing test of Indonesian was used to identify the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in Indonesia and writing test of English was applied to identify the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in English. The result of analyzing data of this research showed that: the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in Indonesia found dominantly were independent clause, element, and sentence pattern and the grammatical characteristics of students’ writing of the recount text in English found dominantly was sentence pattern. Based on the data above, the students’ English writing of recount text was influenced by students’ grammar of Indonesian language in form of mother tongue interferences particularly sentence patterns.

Keywords: Grammatical Influence of Indonesian Language, English Writing, Recount Text