AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA SWASTA DAERAH AIR JOMAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Abstract

This research is about An analysis of students errors in Writing Descriptive text in the eleventh grade of SMA Swasta Daerah Air Joman in 2022/2023. The objective of the research were to find out the dominant errors and causes errors in Descriptive text written by the eleventh grade of SMA Swasta Daerah Air Joman in 2022/2023 Academic Year. The instrument of the research was documentation of the test. The research method was descriptive qualitative research. The result of the research showed that there are 4 types error made by students on their descriptive writing. The total error were 107 error which are divided 62 error or 57,9% error of omission, 23 error or 21,5%  error of addition, 13 error or 12,2%  error of misformation, and 9 error or 8,4 error of misordering. According to the data analysis, the common error made by students was omission. This error occurred when the students omitted components which were necessary for their sentences to be considered grammatically correct.

Keywords: Error, Writing, Descriptive text