SYINTACTICAL ERROR ANALYSIS OF DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH WRITING MADE BY THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP 4 GENTENG IN THE 2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEARS

Abstract

Abstract : The research objective was to describe the syntactical error on students descriptive paragraph writing. The research design applied was a descriptive research. The data were obtained from writing test, interview and documentation. The population of the 7th grade students of SMP 4 Genteng in the 2011/2012 were 219students divided into 8 classes and the samples of this research were determined by using proportional random sampling, the number of respondents was 42 or 20 % of the population The data were analyzed by using Ellis’ formula and Finding the percentage of each type of syntactical errors by using Ali’s Formula .This research described the syntactical errors on descriptive paragraph writing that focused on the students errors in producing errors in the use of simple present tense, errors in the use of prepositions, errors in the use of articles, errors in the use of word order. The result of the research describe the misuse of simple present tense with 38.29% the misuse of using articles with 30.85%, the misuse of prepositions with 12.76% and the misuse of word order with18.08 %.

Key Words: the syntactical errors of descriptive paragraph writing, the syntactical errors, and descriptive paragraph writing.