Error Analysis of Descriptive Text Writing Among Tenth-Grade Students at SMK Darul A’mal Metro
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Errors committed by students learning the English language can occur at any level. This study aims to identify the types of errors made by students of SMK Darul A’mal Metro in writing descriptive texts about their daily activities. The sample consists of 25 students in the tenth grade of SMK Darul A’mal Metro. To collect the data, a descriptive essay writing task was used. Once the data were collected, the errors were classified into the following categories: omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. The findings of the research indicate that errors related to omission were the most frequently made by the students. The data showed that almost 33.9% of the total errors were related to writing descriptive texts. Several factors were identified as contributing to these problems, such as lack of knowledge and competence in English grammar, limited writing practice, students’ tendency to translate directly from Indonesian to English, and insufficient exposure to the English language. Some suggestions have been proposed to address these issues. These include providing clearer explanations of English grammatical rules, discussing how to identify and understand the causes of their errors, assessing students’ language proficiency levels, and offering more exercises and writing practice.References
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