Grammatical Errors in Writing Recount Text at 8 Senior High School Jambi city

The current study was intended to identify the types of grammatical errors
by the eleventh-grade students at 8 Senior High School Jambi city in writing
recount text. The researcher used the descriptive qualitative research method. The
research participants were the students of 8 Senior High School Jambi city, this
school has science and social major. The data source here was the students‟
writing. In collecting the data, researcher used pre-observation and documentation
of students writing. There were four steps to analyze the data which contain
students‟ errors. It consists of collecting the data, identifying the errors,
classifying and explaining. There were twenty recount texts analyzed. The result
of this study showed that the most frequent errors found in students‟ works were
misselection (80 items), omission (10 items), addition (2 items), and misordering
(5 items). After do the analysis, it was found that the highest grammatical error
made by the students was misselection.
Keywords: Grammatical Errors, Recount Text, Writing Skill