An Error Analysis
on Students’ Recount Text
By
Abdul Malik
Hakim, Annisa Febrinel Hendry, Asep Amir Hamzah, Septiyani Wafda, Wiwin Winingsih
English Education Department
Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers’ Training
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University
chez_wizard@ymail.com
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to know the common
mistake and error that the students’ make in conducting their own recount text.
This paper required the researchers to examine 9 writing samples out of 36
populations in 10th grade Multimedia class of SMK Yapimda, Pasar
Minggu. The researchers have known that the students have learned about the
Recount text and Simple Past Tense which becomes the main highlight. The
instrument that is used in this research is students’ recount writing and Karl
James Table. All of the errors and mistakes are identified and classified using
the James Table. The result of identification shows the common mistakes that
the students’ always make which derived those mistakes into errors because it
happens constantly in students’ writing. Those errors are verb tense, word
choice, and word order which are important in writing recount. Therefore, the
information towards the students’ errors in conducting their recount text could
help the teacher to be more specified to the students’ common errors in
teaching recount text.