AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT BASED ON SURFACE STRATEGY TAXONOMY

Abstract

Grammar is important aspects that should be mastered in order to make a well-structured writing. In learning process, the students still made errors and mistakes, so it is important to analyze their errors and diagnose the difficulty of the study in the classroom.  The highest students‟ errors frequency of each error type is misformation of verb which consist of 43 errors or 53%, the second is omission of verb which consist of 14 errors or 20.6%, then the third is addition of preposition which consist of 10 errors or 59%, and the last is misordering of phrase which consist of 9 errors or 100%.
The highest frequency of whole errors is misformation, and the lowest one is misordering. It occurred because the difference of Indonesian language and English are different. Therefore, English teacher should not ignore the errors committed by the students. The teacher can give remedial teaching for the students to improve students‟ mastery in writing skill
Keywords: writing, surface strategy taxonomy, recount text.