ABSTRACT
The aims of this research are to answer the problem statements which are formulated as: (1) to find out the type of errors of a recount text made by the eighth grade students of SMP N 16 Surakarta; (2) to find out the highest percentage of type of the students’ errors in their writing of recount text; (3) to find out the causes of the students’ errors in their writing of recount text.
This research is descriptive. To collect the data, the researcher uses an essay test in the form of recount text composition made by the eighth grade students. The sample of the research is 24 students of class VIII A of SMP Negeri 16 Surakarta. The sampling technique applied in this research is purposive random sampling. To analyze the students’ errors, the researcher follows some steps which include the identification of error, the description of error and the explanation of error. The researcher uses surface strategy taxonomy to sort the type of errors yielded by the students from their recount text compositions.
The results of this research are: (1) there are four types of errors yielded by the students which are addition error with the percentage of 14.34% or, omission error with the percentage of 29.81%, misformation error with the percentage of 55.10% and misordering error with the percentage of 0.75%; (2) the highest percentage of type of errors is misformation error with the percentage of 55.10%; (3) there are two causes of errors found from the students’ composition which are interlingual error with the percentage of 58.49% and intralingual error with the percentage of 41.51%.
The results of this research are beneficial to the process of learning English. The results of this research give information about the ability of the students in making writing recount text and give information about the map of difficulties faced by the students in writing recount text. The errors which appear in this research could help the teacher to make teaching strategies in his teaching so that the students will not make the same errors.
Keywords: Error Analysis, Surface Strategy Taxonomy, Recount Text
ABSTRAK
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) mengetahui jenis-jenis kesalahan karangan teks recount oleh siswa kelas delapan SMP Negeri 16 Surakarta; (2) mengetahui presentase tertinggi tipe kesalahan dari kesalahan siswa; (3) mengetahui penyebab-penyebab kesalahan dari kesalahan siswa.
Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif. Dalam pengumpulan data, peneliti menggunakan tes essai dalam bentuk komposisi teks recount oleh siswa kelas delapan. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 24 siswa kelas delapan SMP Negeri 16 Surakarta. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive random sampling. Untuk menganalisis kesalahan siswa, peneliti mengikuti beberapa langkah yang meliputi identifikasi kesalahan, pendeskrupsian kesalahan, dan penjelasan kesalahan. Peneliti menggunakan surface structure taxonomy untuk memilah tipe-tipe kesalahan yang dibuat oleh siswa dari komposis teks recount mereka.
Hasil penelitian ini meliputi: (1) Terdapat empat tipe kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh siswa diantara nya addition error dengan persentase 14.34%, omission error dengan persentase 29.81%, misformation error dengan persentase 55.11% dan misordering error dengan persentase 0.75%; (2) Persentase kesalahan tertinggi adalah misformation error dengan persentase 55.10%; (3) Terdapat dua penyebab kesalahan yang ditemukan dari karangan recount siswa yaitu kesalahan interlingual dengan persentase 58.49% dan kesalahan intralingual 41.51%.
Hasil-hasil penelitian ini bermanfaat terhadap proses pembelajaran bahasa Inggris. Hasil-hasil penelitian ini memberikan informasi tentang kemampuan siswa dalam menulis karangan teks recount dan memberikan informasi terhadap peta kesulitan tang dihadapi siswa dalam menulis recount text. Kesalahan-kesalahan yang muncul dalam penelitian ini dapat membantu guru untuk membuat strategi pembelajaran sehingga siswa tidak akan membuat kesalahan yang sama.
Kata kunci: Analisis kesalahan, Surface Structure Taxonomy, Teks Recount.