The Student Lexical Errors In Writing Spoof Essay At Eleventh Grade Of Yayasan Islamic Center Sumatera Utara

The purpose of this study is to determine the student Lexical Errors in Writing Spoof Essay at Eleventh Grade of Yayasan Islamic Center Sumatera Utara in academic year of 2020/2021. The researcher want to find out what errors in writing spoof essay can occur and to find out how and why these errors can occur in student writing essays. The focus of this research is Lexical Errors in Writing Spoof Essay at Eleventh Grade of Yayasan Islamic Center Sumatera Utara. The method that use in this research is descriptive qualitative. The research data is to carry out on essays written by students in spoof essays. The steps for error analysis are the researcher collecting data from student writing essay, after collecting; the researcher identify and classify the errors tat contain in the lexical errors in writing spoof essays. The data analysis process is describe based on this research is supporting by the theory based on Dulay in Kuntjara (2013: 2). From the research results it can be seen that the mistakes made by the students in writing were omission, addition, misformation, misordering, misspelling, semantically. This error can occur due to various processes based on the type of error, including errors that can occur due to L1 to L2 influence, intra-language disorders, limited knowledge of English grammar, lack of mastering vocabulary in English, and errors in understanding the meaning of words that are almost similar the pronunciation and writing in English