An Error Analysis Of Recount Text Writing Of The Eight Grade Students Of SMPN 1 Tarumajaya In The 2018/2019 Academic Year

This research was held at SMPN 1 Tarumajaya. The objective of the study is to find the empirical evidence of the most common types and sources of error that the eight grade students of SMPN 1 Tarumajaya made in their recount writing in the 2018/2019 academic years. The sample of this study were 30 students of VIII-2 class. The writer used errors analysis and descriptive analysis as methods of research. He found that top three typical errors that the students made were capitalization with 69 or 16.1% errors, word choice with 66 or 15.4% errors, and verb tense 62 or 14.5% errors. The down three typical errors that the students made were Run on sentence with 10 or 2.3% errors, meaning not clear with 5 or 1.2% errors, incomplete sentence with 1 or 0.2% errors. Meanwhile, the highest source of the students’ error was communication strategy with 166 or 38.7 % errors, and the lowest source of the students’ error was context of learning with 19 or 4.4% errors. It can be concluded that the teacher needs to give more explanation about the term capitalization, word choice, and verb tense to the students. It is proven that the top three types error are capitalization, word choice, and verb tense. Moreover, the benefits of the research result are to give the information about the types and the sources of error that the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Tarumajaya made and to give appropriate remedial teaching in order to reduce the students’ errors in capitalization, word choice, and verb tense