AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMKS PULAU BERAYAN DARAT MEDAN

JENNI SEPTIANI SINAGA, MONIKA SARI SIMANULLANG (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMKS PULAU BERAYAN DARAT MEDAN , SKRIPSI, UNIVERSITAS PRIMA INDONESIA

ABSTRAK

This research was conducted to describe students' errors in writing descriptive text. The purpose of this study is to analyze the errors made by students when writing descriptive text.  This  research  method  used  descriptive  qualitative  method.  This  researchwas conducted at SMKS Pulau Berayan Darat Medan. There were 23 students in class XII, this study  used  a  writing  test  instrument.  Based  on  the  research  results,  it  was  found  that students  made  types  of  errors  including  omision  as  much  as  27.5%,  misinformation  as much  as  16.5%,  addition  as  much  as  9%  and  the  most  dominant  error  made  was misordering as much as 47%. The occurrence of errors made by students can be caused by  various  factors,  including  lack  of  attention,  inaccuracy,  lack  of  grammar  knowledge, ortime pressure.

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