ABSTRACT

Ardian Supianda. 2017. An Analysis of Students’ Common Error in Writing Descriptive

Text at the 2nd Grade of MA Nurul Huda Sungai Luar.
The goal of this research was to find out students’ common error in writing
descriptive text at the 2nd grade of MA Nurul Huda Sungai Luar. This research belongs
to descriptive study, specifically descriptive qualitative. In order to find out students’
common error, the researcher used a written text where the students should write their
own descriptive text. Students’ writing were assessed based on global error which
consist of error in verb tense (vt), word order (wo), connector (conn), local error which
can be divided into article error (art), number (num), and organization error
(identification error and description error). After collecting the data, the researcher
analyzed them by describing the errors. As the result, the researcher found that the
students made 143 errors which can be separated into verb tense is about 73 or 51%,
word order 14 or 10%, connector 7 or 5%, article 8 or 5,5%, number 26 or 18%, and
identification 15 or 10,5%. At the end, since the goal of this research is to find out the
common error, it can be concluded that the common one is error in using verb tense (vt).

Key words: Analysis, Error, Writing, Descriptive Text.

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Problem
B. Identification of the Problem
C. Limitation of the Problem
D. Research Question
E. Purpose of the Research
F. Key Terms
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES
A. REVIEW OF RELATED THEORIES
B. REVIEW OF RELATED FINDINGS
C. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. RESEARCH DESIGN
B. LOCATION AND TIME OF THE RESEARCH
C. POPULATION AND SAMPLE

D. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

E. DATA COLLECTING TECHNIQUE

F. DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

CHAPTER IV
DATA PRESENTATION AND RESEARCH
FINDINGS
A. DATA PRESENTATION
This research focuses on finding out the common error that
made by the 2nd grade students of MA Nurul Huda
Sungai Luar in writing descriptive text. Furthermore,
the sample of this research is all the 2nd grade students
of MA Nurul Huda that consist of 39 students. Next, in
collecting the data, the researcher used writing test
which the students asked to write their paragraph
(descriptive text). Moreover, during the test, the
researcher gave the students 45-50 minutes in order to
finish it.
RESEARCH FINDINGS
TYPES OF ERROR TOTAL NUMBER OF ERROR PERCENTAGE
VERB TENSE 73 51%
WORD ORDER 14 9,8%
CONNECTOR 7 4,9%
ARTICLE 8 5,6%
NUMBER 26 18,1%
IDENTIFICATION 15 10,5%
DESCRIPTION 0
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
Conclusion
Based on the research finding on the previous
chapter, while the research question of this research
is finding out the common error that is happening to
students, according to research finding, the common
error in students’ writing descriptive text is error in
using Verb Tense (VT) with 73 or 51% error. This
means that the students have not mastered how to
use simple present tense properly in a sentence.