EDULIA: English Education, Linguistic and Art Journal
Vol 2 No 2 (2022): EDULIA: English Education, Linguistic and Art Journal

Students’ Errors in Using Punctuation and Capitalization

Ayu Oktaviani (STKIP PGRI LUBUKLINGGAU)
Dewi Syafitri (Universitas PGRI Silampari)
Sastika Seli (Universitas PGRI Silampari)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2022

Abstract

The aims of this research are to know what are the errors made by the tenth grade students at MAN 2 lubuklingau in using punctuation marks in writing descriptive text and to know the dominant errors made by the tenth grade students at MAN 2 Lubuklinggau in using punctuation marks in writing descriptive text. The sample of the research was tenth grade students at MAN2 Lubuklinggau. the writer used simple quantification. This is because this study did not measure the students’ achievement in writing, but merely to find out the grammatical errors in students’ writing. It tries to find out the types of error produced by the students in their writing, as well as the most type of errors made by the students. The main instrument that the writer used in this study was writing test. The type of errors made by the tenth grade students at MAN2 Lubuklinggau in using punctuation marks in writing descriptive text are divided into three types that had been analyzed. The first highest frequency of error made by the tenth grade students at MAN2 Lubuklinggau in using punctuation marks in writing descriptive is omission. Key words: Error, Punctuation, Capitalization

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Journal Info

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EDULIA

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Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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EDULIA: English Education, Linguistic and Art Journal is published by IPM2KPE as an information and communication media for practitioners, researchers and academics who are interested in the field on English Education, Linguistic and Art .The journal is published annually 2 times every June and ...