Analysis Of Grammatical Errors Committed By The Tenth Grade Students Of Sma Negeri 1 Banjar In Writing Recount Texts

ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS COMMITTED BY THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 BANJAR IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXTS.

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English is particularly important to integrate one country with other countries, in politics, economy, and education (Agustina, 2016). Evans (2009) may underline the decision of determining English as a school subject. Evan asserted that English is such a crucial subject, so central to pupils’ educational, cultural and social development, become subject to significant external pressures, often of an overtly political nature.

Manik & Sinurat (2015) state that writing is a process of placing thought, ideas, opinions, experiences, events, and histories such as writing letters, notes, shopping list, etc. Asrifan (2015) states that writing is filling a gap to express ideas, feeling, and opinions. Wahyuni (2016) states that writing is a complex activity, where students should know how to generate, organize their ideas, and understand some aspects of the writing content, so, they can state clearly their purposes in their writing.

Hourani & Randall (2008) explain that writing becomes to be considered and chosen when “higher level skill”, such as organization, content, and structure, and “lower level skills”, like punctuation and the choice of vocabulary items and the structures of grammar are taken into account. Bathstone (1994) states that language without grammar would be chaotic and cause problem such as grammatical errors either writing or in speaking.

Brown (2000) states that the reasons why students find difficulties in writing because the difference of the structure of the learners’ mother tongue with the structure of their target language. Chin (2010) states that all languages have a grammar and one of them has its own grammar.

Watcharapunyawong & Usaha (2013) state that error is produced due to the fact that the students may not be able to identify what is correct and incorrect. Brown (1994) also state that error is noticeable deviation from an adult grammar, reflecting the interlanguage competence of the learner.

Artana (2012) conducted similar research about the students’ grammatical errors. Artana conducted research which had purposed to find out grammatical errors that were made by VII A6 students of SMP Negeri 1 Singaraja in writing descriptive text. The result of the study showed that the students still found difficulties in writing using proper grammar. Based on the study that was conducted by Artana, the students found difficulties in writing using proper grammar in the used of verb, article, preposition, and pronoun.

1. Statements of the Problem 1. What kinds of grammatical errors are made by the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Banjar in writing recount texts?

2. What are the sources of grammatical errors made by the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Banjar in writing recount texts? 2. Purposes of the Study 1. To identify the kinds of grammatical errors frequently made by the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Banjar in writing recount texts. 2. To find out the sources that cause the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Banjar to make errors in writing recount texts.