AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERROS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT BASED ON SERIAL PICTURES AT SMP 27 PADANG
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Abstract
The purpose of this research was to find out the second grade students’ grammatical errors in writing recount text based on serial pictures at SMP N 27 Padang.The design of this research was descriptive. The number of the population members was 226 students. . In selecting the sample,the researcher used convenience sampling technique and the sample comprised 29 students.The researcher classified grammatical errors made by the second grade students into three types. In general there were three types of grammatical errors made by students. They were omission errors made by 11 (37.84) students, addition errors made by 2 (6.88%) students, and misformation errors made by 28 (96.32%) students. In specific, there were 11 (37.84%) students who made grammatical errors in omission consisting of omission of be made by 5 (17.2%) students, omission of article made by 4 (13.76%) students, omission of preposition made by 2 (6.88%) students. There were 2 (6.88%) students who made grammatical errors in addition of be before verb. There were 28 (96.32%) students who made grammatical errors in misformation consisting of misformation of verb made by 24 (82.56%) students, misformation of article was made by 2 (6.88%) students, and misformation of be made by 2 (6.88%) students. There were no students making grammatical errors in misordering. Consequently, the researcher suggests the teachers to minimize the students who made grammatical errors especially in misformation by giving more exercises in writing a recount text. For the students, they were suggested to learn more and do the exercises in writing a recount text and also often open the dictionary and memorize the past form of verb in simple past tense.
Keywords :Writing, Gramatical erros, Recount text