THE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STUDENT’S WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN SMAN 84 JAKARTA

Meiyanti Nurchaerani, Niko Andrian, Maretha Delvi, Rini Al Baqoroh

Abstract


Writing is one of the abilities that students must have in learning English. But many students who still have difficulty in writing. They also make some errors in writing, such as grammatical error. This research is a descriptive research withstudy aims to (1)Determine the ability of students in writing descriptive texts only without any treatment or technique. (2) Analyze grammatical errors made by students in writing descriptive texts and to find out the causes of these errors. The technique for analyzing data is processing data taken from observations, interviews and written tests. It is suggested that SMA 84 Jakarta Barat teachers use effective strategies and provide various ways to develop students' ideas. The teacher should help brainstorm ideas or make an outline of his writing, to help students organize and develop ideas well. The components analyzed in descriptive texts written by students develop ideas, organize ideas, grammar, vocabulary and mechanics.
Keywords : Writing, Descriptive text, Grammatical errors


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