GRAMMATICAL ERROR IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CIMAHI

Authors

  • Kasini Kasini IKIP SILIWANGI
  • Miftah Pusparaini IKIP SILIWANGI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22460/project.v2i4.p501-506

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find the type of grammatical error in students’ writing descriptive text made by the seventh graders of junior high school in Cimahi.The population consists of five classes, and we took 20 students to be sample. The study found out that the types of grammatical error are: Omission, Addition,Misformation and Misordering. The total of each type of error are: Omission 39.34%, Misordering 28.68%, Addition 18.03%, and Misformation 13.93%. Based on the research, it can be assumed that students usually miss to put a word like to be must appear in a well-formed sentence. And the lowest frequently of error is misformation, it is because in descriptive text there are rarely use plural words.

References

Alfiyani, L. M. (2013). An Analysis of Gramatical Errors In Writing Among The Second Semester Students of English Departement of Yogyakarta State University In The Acadmic Year Of 2011/2012. Yogyakarta State University.

Apsari, Y. (2018). Reflective Reading Journal in Teaching Writing. Indonesian EFL Journal, 4(2), 39–47.

Corder. (1981). Error Analysis and Interlanguage. New York: Oxford University Press.

Derewianka. (2000). Exploring How Texts Work. Australia: Primary English Teaching Association Press.

Ellis, R. (2008). Second Langguage Acquisition, Oxford Introduction to Language Study. Oxford: Oxford Universuty Press.

Gamise, F. A. (2018). An Analysis Of Grammatical Error In Writing Descriptive Text Of The Seventh Grade Students At Smp Negeri 3 Tondano. EJOURNAL UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MANADO, 5(1).

Harmer, J. (1989). The practice of English language teaching. New York: Longman.

Harmer, J. (2004). How to Teach Writing. New York: Longman.

Heidi, Burt, K. (1985). Language Two. New York: Oxford University Press.

Joyce, S. F. & H. (1998). Writing Skills. Phoenix: Phoenix Education Pty Ltd.

Kaswan, D. S. team. (2014). Metode dan teknik penulisan karya ilmiah. Cimahi: STKIP Siliwangi Press.

Kholifah, S. (2012). An analysis of moral value. Bandung: STKIP Siliwangi Press.

Mundriyah, M., & Parmawati, A. (2016). Using Think-Pair-Share (Tps) To Improve Students’writing Creativity (A Classroom Action Research In The Second Semester Students Of Stkip Siliwangi Bandung). P2m Stkip Siliwangi, 3(2), 84-91.

Rizqiya, R. S. (2017). The Use of P.O.W.E.R Learning Strategy to Improve Students Writing Competency. Okara: Jurnal Bahasa Dan Sastra, 11(2), 253–262.

Sudjana. (1996). Metode Statistika. Bandung: Tarsito.

Downloads

Additional Files

Published

2019-07-04