An Analysis of Grammatical Errors in Writing Personal Letter of Second Year Students at SMAN 7 Padang

Irma, Yanti Chandra and Welya, Roza and Khairul, Khairul (2015) An Analysis of Grammatical Errors in Writing Personal Letter of Second Year Students at SMAN 7 Padang. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to describe the types of grammatical errors in the context of omission, addition and misordering made by the second year students at SMAN 7 Padang in writing a personal letter.The population of this research was the second year students at SMAN 7 Padang. The total number of population members of this research was 274 students and the number of sample members was 64 students. It was chosen by using stratified cluster random sampling technique to get representative sample. The instrument used to collect the data was writing test. To know the reliability of the test, the researcher used interrater technique. The reliability index of the test was0.94 (see Appendix 2). After analyzing the data, the researcher found that in general (51,55 %)33 students made error in omission. The researcher also found that 8out of 64 students (12,50 %) omitted –s in plural noun, 1 out of 64 students (1,56 %) omitted –s/es as third singular person in writing personal letter, 19 out of 64 students (29,68%) omitted be in their sentences, 5 out of 64 students (7,81 %) omitted article. The researcher also found in general 7,81% students made error in addition. Based on the results of the data analysis, the researcher found that 5 out of 64 students (7,81% ) made error in addition of verb form and there is no students made grammatical error in addition of suffix-ed an irregular verb. Then , in misordering the researcher also didn’t find the grammatical error made by second year students in SMAN 7 Padang (see Appendix 6). Referring to the results of this study, the researcher concludesmost frequently errors made by the second year students were omission of be and omission of plurality, followedomission of article, and then followedby omission s/es as the third singular person and addition of verb form. Relating to those conclusions, the researcher suggests the students have to practice more in writing personal letter so that they can be aware of making kind of grammatical errors.For the teacher, she/he should give more explanation and more exercise to the students about grammar structure in order to make students have enough knwledge and able to use them correctly. The next researcher is suggested to study the factors causing students make errors in writing

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