ABSTRACT

Hairun Nisa. 2019. An Error Analysis of Language Use in Writing Recount Texts Made by the Tenth Grade Student of SMAN 10 Banjarmasin in the Academic Year 2018/2019. Sarjana Thesis. English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Rina Listia, M.Pd, the second advisor: Dini Noor Arini, M.Pd.

Keywords: Error, Dullay Taxonomy, Recount Text.

Writing is the most difficult one among four skills, because it requires more effort to produce meaning through writing rather than organized meaning through listening and reading. The aim of this research is to analyze the error based on Dullay Taxonomy and find the sources of errors based on Richard in language use of recount text at the tenth grades of SMAN 10 Banjarmasin in academic year 2018/2019.

This research used a descriptive qualitative design. The subjects of this research were the tenth grades students in SMAN 10 Banjarmasin, from two class, X MIA 1 and X MIA 2. The sample of this research is 60 students. The data were gathered from students’ writing and interview. The test was held three times with three different topics. Afterwards, the data were collected, identified, then classified based on Dullay Surface Structure Taxonomy. The researcher and the teacher analyzed the data.

Based on the result of all of three tests, it can be concluded that the students made all of errors based on Dullay Surface Structure Taxonomy such as: ommison, addition, misformation, and misordering. Based on the result of interview of five students, the sources of errors that students made were found interlingual errors and intralingual errors.