AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the errors that may occur in students’ writing and the types of errors that are usually made by students when writing recount texts at governmental senior high school 14 Gowa in the 2023/2024 academic year. This study uses a descriptive qualitative design. The subjects of this study were thirty students from class XI IPA. This study used documentation and interview instruments to collect data. The results showed that the types of errors most often made by students were subject-verb agreement errors, verb tense errors, sentence structure errors, and spelling errors. The average level of students’ writing was fourteen students at the “good” level for subject-verb agreement errors. Thirty students were at the “unsatisfactory” level for verb tense errors. Twenty-nine students were at the “unsatisfactory” level for sentence structure errors and twenty-three students were at the “satisfactory” level for spelling errors. Meanwhile, two factors may cause errors in writing recount text, namely interlingual and intralingual transfer. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that there are four types of errors and two types of factors that cause errors in grade XI IPA one of SMA Negeri 14 Gowa.