AN ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS ERROR IN WRITING REPORT TEXT AT ADVANCE CLASS OF ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB ( ECC ) IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

ABSTRACT

Mahmudah, Rifa’atul . 2021. The analysis on students error in writing report
text at advance class of english conversation club ( ECC
) in academic year 2020/2021.
Key word: Error analysis, writing, report text

The research was conducted based on the phenomena that happened in the school.
Grammar is one of important composition in English. The students in the ECC
course still made grammatical errors.
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze students errors in writing paragraphs of
text reports based on the problems studied by students who are still grammatically
incorrect. The researchers formulated two research questions: (1) what are the
most common mistakes in writing report texts (2) what causes students to make
mistakes in writing report texts in the advanced class of ECC (English
conversation club) This thesis is a descriptive qualitative method. The data was
taken from the student test by making a text report and then analyzing it. After
being analyzed, the error was explained in the error category proposed by Dulay
and finally explained what the cause of the error was. In this study, the researchers
took a sample of 12 advanced class students.
Data is taken from student tests by making report texts and then analyzing them.
The error was explained in the error category proposed by Dulay and finally
explained what the cause of the error was. In addition, the researcher calculated
the proportion using the percentage formula and found the cause of the students
making errors.
Based on data analysis, the researchers found that the types of errors made by
students in writing report texts. The total number of errors made by students was
116 errors. The percentage of students omissions errors in writing report texts
were 62, 6% or 72 errors, an additional 25% or 30 errors, misformation 12% or 14
errors, and 0% errors or no errors . And most of the common student errors made
by students are omission errors, which are 62, 6%, or 72 errors.