An analysis of students' english spelling error in writing of recount text performed by students of MTS Darul Ulum Waru Sidoarjo
Daftar Isi:
- Spelling is an English sub-skill under writing. It is such an essential skill of writing that has to be mastered by all students for the purpose of good communication in the written form of the language. However, in writing, students frequently committed errors in spelling the English words. Therefore, this study focuses on the spelling error analysis to evaluate students’ error in spelling the English words. This study uses qualitative descriptive design. Then, document, rubric and questionnaire are the instrument to analyze the data. It is purposed to analyze the types of spelling errors, frequency of spelling errors, and causes of spelling errors in students’ writing of recount text. This study involved the eighth-grade students in intensive class of A class with 28 students. The result showed, there are 43 substitution error, 35 omissions, 28 additions, 24 words segmentation error, 12 double letter instead single letter, 11 interchanges two adjacent letter, 9 multiple error, 8 error involving apostrophe, and 5 error single letter instead of double letter. Then, spelling error that most frequently occur is substitution 24,60%. The causes of spelling error are divided into interlingual error and interalingual error. The interlingual errors were found on phonological, morphological, grammatical, and semantic interference. Then, the causes of spelling errors based on the interalingual errors were the difference between written and spoken English or the inconsistency of letter and sound in English. Interalingual error or developmental error was caused by the difficulty of the target language in which it became more dominant factor that caused of spelling error. The interalingual errors included students ‘awareness about spelling error and students’ lack of interest to learn. Interalingual errors factor occurred because simplication, overgeneralization, hypercorrection, faulty teaching and fossilization.