Grammatical Errors In Oral Recount Of Eighth Grade Students

The aims of this research were to find out the most frequent type of grammatical error in oral recount, the frequency of grammatical error and the main causes of students\u27 grammatical error in oral recount. The reserach was carried out at SMP N 2 Sungai Raya. It was descriptive research and the sample was eighth grade students of VIII A. Data analysis showed that the most frequent type of errors was misinformation by 141 errors made.The percentage of errors were omission by 36,25 % (moderate);addition by 10,31% (low); disordering by 11,88% (low) and misinformation by 41,56% (substantial). There were two main factors that caused errors in speaking; they were direct and indirect factors. The direct factors included inter lingual and intra lingual transfer. Meanwhile, the indirect factors were less exposure of practicing English and low motivation of students