An Analysis of Grammatical Errors Made By the Second Year of Students of Science Department at SMAN 8 Padang in Writing Procedure Text
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to describe the kinds of grammatical errors made by the second year students of science department at SMAN 8 Padang in writing procedure text. The design of this research was descriptive research. The population of this research was the second year students of science department at SMAN 8 Padang in academic year 2015/2016. The population was 127 students. They were separated into four classes; class IPA 1, class IPA 2, class IPA 3 and class IPA 4. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique to get the representative sample. The researcher took class IPA 1 as the sample and the total number of sample members was 31 students. The result of the data analysis showed that students made grammatical errors in writing procedure text. It was proved that 115 total number of grammatical errors. They were 79 errors (254,81%) in omission, 12 errors (38,96%) in addition, and 24 errors (64,49%) in misformation. 16 errors (51,61%) made by students in omission of article, 5 errors (16,12%) in omission of preposition, 24 errors (77,41%) in omission of plural form, 20 errors (64,51%) in using omission of pronoun, 14 errors (45,16%) in omission of be (tobe), 1 error (3,22%) made grammatical errors in addition of article, 1 errors (3,22%)in addition of preposition, 10 errors (32,25%) in addition of suffix –ed on irregular verb, 6 errors (19,35%) in misformation of article, 2 errors (6,45%) in misformation of preposition, 12 errors (16,12%) in misformation of verb form, 5 errors (16,12%) in misformation of pronoun.
Key Words: writing, grammatical errors in procedure text.