An Error Analysis Of Descriptive Text Written By Seventh Grade Students Of SMPI PK Muhammadiyah Delanggu

This study aims at categorizing error made by seventh grade student of SMPI PK Muhammadiyah Delanggu in writing Descriptive Text. The purpose of this study is to describe errors made by students, errors often made by students in writing Descriptive Text and causes students make these errors. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The research subjects were class VII students totaling 20 students. The method of data collection in this study is from observation, interview, and document analysis. The research data were taken from the work of students in the form of essay in writing Descriptive Text on someone or famous figure. The results of the study showed that there were some errors that occured such as punctuation, usage, grammar, and spelling. The type of error that often appears which is made by class VII students is punctuation error. The cause of the error is that student innacurately write an essay than, the student does not understand some sentence in English and sometimes write a word in Indonesian language