Revealing students’ grammatical errors in writing a descriptive text at a junior high school

Fitroh, Afni Mifrokhatul (2024) Revealing students’ grammatical errors in writing a descriptive text at a junior high school. Undergraduate Thesis thesis, UIN K. H. Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.

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Abstract

Writing is one of the skills that students have when learning English. Grammar errors are one of the challenges students face when asked to write a text. This research was conducted to find out the types of grammar errors that most often occur in English descriptive texts written by junior high school students. This research also aims to uncover the causes of grammatical errors. The subjects of this research were 10 students from class 8 of SMP NU Karangdadap. The research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data collection technique uses student written documentation of descriptive text. This research focuses on classifying grammar errors found in students' writing. The research results showed that there were 130 errors found in students' written descriptive texts, analyzed using Surface Strategy Taxonomy by Dulay. There were 56 errors of omission with a total of 43.1%, 22 errors of addition with a total of 16.9%, 46 errors of formation with a total of 35.4%, and 6 errors of placement with a total of 4.6%. The most common errors found were errors in the word article (Article) which were classified into the type of error of omission (Omission) with 56 total errors out of 130 total errors. In conclusion, the researchers found 130 errors that occurred in the descriptive texts made by eighth-grade students at SMP NU Karangdadap.

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