AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT SMAN 1 TANJUNG MUTIARA IN WRITING NEWS ITEM TEXT

Novita, Alivia and Lisa, Tavriyanti and Lailatul, Husna (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT SMAN 1 TANJUNG MUTIARA IN WRITING NEWS ITEM TEXT. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to find out grammatical errors made by the first year students of SMAN 1 Tanjung Mutiara in writing news item text. In this research, the population was the first year students of SMAN 1 Tanjung Mutiara. The number of the population members was 339 students. They were divided into ten classes; X.1, X.2, X.3, X.4, X.5, X.6, X.7, X8, X.9, and X.10. The sample of this research was class X 1, and the size of the sample was 29 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique to get representative sample. The instrumentation used to get the data was the writing test. To know the reliability of the test, the researcher used inter-rater technique. The result of data analysis of try out revealed that reliability index of the test was .99. It means the test was reliable. The result of analyzing data showed that there were grammatical errors made by the first year students at SMAN 1 Tanjung Mutiara in writing news item text. The researcher divided grammatical errors made by the first year students at SMAN 1 Tanjung Mutiara into three types. They were 13% grammatical error of omission, 5.17% grammatical error of addition, and 6.90% grammatical error of misformation. The finding of this research lead the researcher to conclude that the first year students at SMAN I Tanjung Mutiara made grammatical errors in writing news item text. In line with such conclusion, the researcher suggests the students to practice more in writing so that the students can avoid of producing kind of grammatical errors in their writing especially in writing news item text. For the next researcher, it is suggested to find source of errors and the cause of errors made by the students in writing

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