ELT Echo
Vol 6, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERROR IN WRITING PERSONAL LETTER

Dewi - Sartika (Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)
Inka Sundari (Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)
Ratna Nery (Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2021

Abstract

This study aimed to  find out grammatical errors  in writing personal letter and the most grammatical errors made by the eleventh graders of SMA Negeri 5 Ogan Komering Ilir. This study used descriptive qualitative research method. The subject of the study was the eleventh social one students of SMA Negeri 5 Ogan Komering Ilir in the academic year of 2020/2021. The technique of collecting the data were a writing testusing google form. To check the validity and reliability of the test, a triangulation method was applied. The information was presented in a descriptive manner and assessed using a percentage calculation. The calculations presented that the students made 12.5% sentence pattern errors, 24.1% tense errors, 9.17%pronoun errors, 2.5% preposition errors, 20% punctuation errors, and 31.66% spelling errors.The most dominant of grammatical errors made by students was error of spelling (31.66%). 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eltecho

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT Echo is published twice a year i.e on June and December by the Department of English Language Teaching, IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon. It welcomes a wide range of topics in the area of English Language Teaching particulalry in English as Foreign Language (EFL) context, which the focus ranging from ...