The Definition of Recount Text

Firstly is the eyewitness account. The purpose of the eyewitness accounts is to provide details about the past event chronologically, such as the accidents, the explosion a flight, etc. The audience can be a reader of newspaper or can be a police officer. Secondly, is letters. Letters is written for some reasons, one of them is to tell the events that have happened in the past, for example writing about the activities in last holiday to a friend. Thirdly, is conversations. The conversation is spoken by two or more people to tell the listener about something. In this case, the conversation tells about past event, for example, telling about what happen this morning or last night. The next type is newspaper reports. In newspaper the reader can read about some events that have happened in the order in which they occur, for example how a robber stole some money in the bank last night, etc. The next type is television interview. In television interview, there are reporter who asking the questions and interviewee person who being interviewed. The reporter asks to recount part of the interviewee life. The last type is speech. ” Speech is a spoken text that can have a variety of purposes. A recount speech would be one where the speaker tells the audience about a past happening. The speaker would recount the events in the order in which they took place.” 49 On the other hand, a speech has many purposes, but in recount speech, the speaker in speech is someone who tells to the audience about a past event.

5. The Previous Studies

There are three previous studies that the writer takes about error analysis. They are Nita Sugiarti and Dede Rosdiana. An Analysis on Students’ Grammatical Errors in Writing Recount Text, and An Analysis Of Students’ Errors In Writing Narrative Text. The first previous study is about an analysis o n students‟ grammatical errors in writing recount text, case study in the first year student of SMAN 3 TangSel. The study focused on what the most grammatical error and causes of error that made by the students in writing recount text. The result of the research 49 Ibid., p. 74. is verb tense is the most grammatical error made by the students with 149 errors, and the major source of the error is mother tongue interference. 50 The second study is about an analysis of students‟ errors in writing narrative text, a study case in second year of SMAN 3 Bekasi. The study focused on what the commonest error and the source of error made by students in narrative writing. The result of this research is the commonest error is in verb tense with 26, 212 and the lowest percentage is in incomplete sentence with 0, 346. The major source of error that the writer found is intralingual transfer. 51 The previous studies above can be a good a good reference for the writer in doing her research. She will compare the result of the research. Beside the most grammatical error, the writer will also focus on the source its error too. 50 Nita Sugiarti, “An Analysis on Students‟ Grammatical Error in Writing Recount Text,” Skripsi of the Degree of Strata I UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Jakarta, 2012, p. 43, unpublished. 51 Dede Rosdiana , “An Analysis of Students‟ Errors In Writing Narrative Text,” Skripsi of the Degree of Strata I UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Jakarta, 2012, p. 39, unpublished.