AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN NARRTIVE WRITING USING SURFACE STRATEGY TAXONMOY MADE BY THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 9 PALEMBANG
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- The objectives of this study were to find out: (1) the type of grammatical errors made by the students of SMAN 9 Palembang in narrative writing based on surface strategy taxonomy, (2) the frequency and the percentage of grammatical errors made by the students of SMAN 9 Palembang based on surface strategy taxonomy, (3) the most grammatical errors made by the students of SMAN 9 Palembang based on surface strategy taxonomy. The sample of this study covered 47 out of 233 students of the first grade of SMAN 9 Palembang. In this study, the writer used a descriptive method. To collect the data, the writer used writing test. The data were identified, classified, and analyzed based on Dulay’s Theory (surface strategy taxonomy). The result of this study showed that the total number of the errors made by the students was 324 error items. The errors of omission had the highest errors containing 160 items (49.4 %) out of 324 error items. The addition errors covered 63 items (19.3 %) out of 324 error items. The misformation errors covered 75 items (24.6 %) out of 324 error items, and the errors of misordering had the least errors containing only 18 items (5,5%) out of 324 error items.