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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
The research discussed the errors that done by the twelfth grade students of MA Nurul Falah Serpong, Tangerang Selatan in writing recounts text. To get the
data, the writer give the guided writing test with the topic about what did you do on your last holiday.
The text is divided into 3 parts. First is orientation about who, what, when, and where. The second part is sequence of event what happened, and the third is
reorientation or conclusion. The writer found many errors in student recount text and then the writer makes the classifying of the student’s errors on grammatical
aspects. According that category of grammatical Error classification by Betty Schrampfer Azar there are 14 categories of error. So, the writer only focuses 14
categories on grammatical errors which made by students, they are: 1.
Singular plural 2. Word Form
3. Word choice 4. Verb tense
5. Add a word 6. Omit a Word
7. Word order 8. Spelling
9. Article 10. Capitalization
11. Run on sentence 12. Punctuation
13. Meaning not clear 14. Incomplete sentence
The following table is the analysis of the student error in English recount text, they are:
Table 4.1 The analysis of the student error in English recount text
Students’ number Types of error
Total of error
1 Capitalization
Omit a word Singular-Plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word form
Word order Punctuation
Meaning not clear Incomplete sentence
1 1
6 1
11 4
1 1
7 2
2
2 Add word
Capitalization Spelling
Verb tense Word choice
Word form Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
1 1
1 1
3 1
1 7
2
3 Run on sentence
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
3 4
3 5
1 3
1
4 Run on sentence
1
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
1 4
3 2
1 1
5 Add word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
Incomplete sentence 1
3 2
1 5
5 1
5 1
1
6 Omit a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation 2
2 3
2 6
5 3
2
7 Omit a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Punctuation
Meaning not clear 1
1 1
2 1
2 2
1
8 Singular plural
Punctuation 1
1 9
Article Singular plural
Word order 1
3 1
10 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural 1
3 2
3
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word form
Punctuation 1
4 5
1 1
11 Add a word
Article Omit a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
3 1
3 3
3 2
6 7
5 2
1
12 Add a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Verb tense Word choice
Word order Punctuation
Meaning not clear 1
2 2
8
10 1
2 2
13 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Word order
Punctuation 1
3 1
1 4
2 2
2
14 Omit a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Spelling Verb tense
Word choice Word form
Punctuation Meaning not clear
4 1
1 3
5 4
3 2
1
15 Add a word
Run on sentence Singular plural
Verb tense Word choice
Punctuation 2
1 2
5 3
2
16 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Spelling
Verb tense Word choice
Punctuation Meaning not clear
2 1
4 1
1 9
1 4
1
17 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Spelling
Verb tense Word choice
Punctuation Meaning not clear
Incomplete sentence 2
2 2
6 1
6 6
3 5
1
18 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Punctuation
Meaning not clear 2
1 3
8 8
1 4
2
19 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Word form
Word order Punctuation
Meaning not clear 4
1 2
3 5
4 1
1 2
2
20 Add a word
Omit a word Run on sentence
Singular plural Spelling
Verb tense Word choice
Word form Word order
Punctuation Meaning not clear
1 2
1 3
2 2
2 2
1 1
1
21 Add a word
Article Run on sentence
Singular plural Verb tense
Word choice Word form
Word order Spelling
Punctuation 2
1 1
2 4
3 1
1 4
1
Total of error 442
B. Analysis of data
Kategori