AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMTICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 5 PADANG IN WRITING PAST EXPERIENCES
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Abstract
This research was aimed to describe the types of grammatical erorrs in terms of omission, addition, misformation, and misordering made by the second year students of SMAN 5 Padang in writing past exeriences.The design of his research was descriptive. The number of population members was 269 students, and the number of sample was 60 students. The researher used stratified cluster random sampling in choosing sample. The instrument used in this research was a test of writing past experiences, and the reliability index of the test was .95. Based on the data analysis, it was found that there were 85 grammatical errors made by the students which consisted of four types. They were 18 errors of omission (21.18%) that consisted of 1 error of omission of plurality (5.56%), 12 errors of omission of be (66.67%), 2 errors of omission of article (11.11%), 1 error of omission of gerund (5.55%), and 2 errors of omission of –to before invinitive (11.11%) ; 7 errors of addition (8.24%) that cosisted of 4 errors of addition of –be before verb (57.15%), 1 error of addition of preposition (14.28%), and 2 errors of addition of plural form (23.08%) ; 55 errors of misformation (28.57%) that consisted of 41 errors of misformation of verb verb form (74.55%), and 14 errors of misformation of be (25.45%) ; and 5 errors of misordering (5.88%) , that consisted of only one type, it was misordering of adjective (100%).From the result, it can be concluded that there were four types of grammatical errors made by the second year students of SMAN 5 Padang in writing past exeriences.For English Teacher, it is suggested to give more attention to the grammatical errors in terms of misformation of verb because it was the dominant frequent error made by the second year students that was found by the researcher. For the students, it is suggested to minimize the grammatical errors by more practising writing past experiences.
Key words: Grammatical Error, Omission, Addition, Misformation, Misordering.