Analysis of students’ errors in writing recount text at grade viii SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan

The research focused about writing which means analyzing the students error in recount text at grade VIII-9 SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan were some problems of the students in this research: 1) what is the students’ errors in writing recount text. 2) what is students’ dominant error in writing recount text. The students often forget about the generic structure and language future of recount text. The purpose in this research to find out the analysis the students error in writing recount text at grade VIII-9 SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan. The kinds of this research was descriptive qualitative research. The Sources of data from this research were students from SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan in class VIII-9 with a total of twenty students. The research used the test to know students’ error in writing recount text on collecting data. The data is processed to read the student's writing, identify the students’ error, sign the students’ errors, classify the students’ errors, count the students’ error to get the dominant error, make conclusions, and describe the result of research. Based on resealt of the research, research found that students’ error in writing recount text at grade VIII-9 SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan. 42(23,33) items by omission.There were 23(12,77%) by addition, There were 82(45,55) items students’ error by misformation, There were 33(18,33%) items students’ error by misordering. Then, the students’ dominant error was caused by misformation 82(45,55%)