A STUDY ON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 NGADILUWIH IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015
Author (Penulis)
Nofika Reny Sutomo
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
12.1.01.08.0194
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This research purposes to find types of error and the most frequent of grammatical
errors made by eleventh students of SMAN 1 Ngadiluwih Kediri in academic year
20115/2016. The researcher uses qualitative approach of which data were obtained from the
students? narrative text. Content analysis design is used because the researcher wanted to
describe the errors in the students writing narrative text, especially in past verb with surface
taxonomy classification. To collect the data, the researcher asks to headmaster and English
teacher, then collect the data from students writing, and analyze it. The researcher analyzes
the error are using identification the error, classification the error, coding system, description
the error and computing the data. Based on the data findings, grammatical errors made by 22
students? total 219 errors which consist of simple past tense were omission had 21 errors or
9.58%, addition had 12 errors or 5.47%, misformation had 177 errors or 80.82% and in past
continuous tense was omission had 9 errors or 4.10%. From those errors, the highest
percentage of error in this research is simple past tense with classification of misformation
had 80.82%. The researcher gives suggestion for the students to pay attention about past verb
(regular and irregular verbs), the English teacher to involve the grammatical rule especially in
writing in the learning process more intensively which explained past verb (regular and
irregular verbs) again and again, and the reader to more pay attention in producing a sentence
especially in using past verb.
KEY WORDS: Error, error analysis, grammar, writing, narrative text