An Analysis of Lexico-Grammatical Errors Committed by the Students of XI IPS 1 Class at SMA Negeri 2 Banjar in Writing Narrative Texts

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesalahan lexico-grammar yang dilakukan oleh siswa-siswi kelas XI IPS 1 di SMA Negeri 2 Banjar dalam menulis teks naratif beserta penyebab kesalahannya. Data dianalisis secara kualitatif. Ada 10 jenis kesalahan lexico-grammar yang digunakan sebagai pedoman dalam menganalisis kesalahan siswa. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa ada 382 kesalahan dari 23 teks naratif siswa. Jumlah kesalahan siswa dalam hal leksis adalah 134 kesalahan yang terdiri dari 56 kesalahan ejaan (14.65%), 49 kesalahan diksi (12.82%), dan 29 kesalahan tanda baca (7.59%). Selanjutnya, jumlah kesalahan dalam hal tata bahasa adalah 231 kesalahan, termasuk 5 kesalahan konjungsi (1.30%), 17 kesalahan pluralisasi (4.45%), 144 kesalahan bentuk kata kerja (37.69%), 17 kesalahan susunan kata (4.45%), 16 kesalahan artikel (4.18%), 38 kesalahan kata ganti (9.94%), dan 11 kesalahan preposisi (2.87%). Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahwa siswa kelas XI IPS 1 di SMA Negeri 2 Banjar cenderung melakukan kesalahan dalam bentuk kata kerja, di mana mereka harus menulis bentuk kata kerja lampau dalam teks naratif mereka. Untuk mengetahui penyebabnya, kuesioner digunakan untuk mendapat informasi yang paling jelas. Ditemukan bahwa ada 4 sumber kesalahan siswa yang dominan, yaitu konteks pembelajaran, struktur kebahasaan, intralingual transfer, dan interlingual transfer. Penelitian ini memberikan pengetahuan yang lebih luas tentang kesalahan lexico-grammar yang dapat membantu guru bahkan siswa dalam menentukan kesalahan-kesalahan yang muncul.
Kata Kunci : Penyebab-penyebab kesalahan, Kesalahan lexico-grammar, Teks naratif

This study aimed at analyzing the lexico-grammatical errors committed by the students of XI IPS 1 class at SMA Negeri 2 Banjar in writing narrative texts and the causes of the errors. The data were analyzed qualitatively. There were 10 types of lexico-grammatical errors that were used as guidance in analyzing the students’ errors. The result showed that there were 382 errors from 23 students’ narrative texts. The total number of students’ errors in terms of lexis was 134 errors comprising 56 spelling errors (14.65%), 49 diction errors (12.82%), and 29 punctuation errors (7.59%). Furthermore, the total number of grammatical error was 231, including 5 conjunction errors (1.30%), 17 pluralization errors (4.45%), 144 verb form errors (37.69%), 17 word order errors (4.45%), 16 article errors (4.18%), 38 pronoun errors (9.94%), and 11 preposition errors (2.87%). So, it can be concluded that the students of XI IPS 1 class at SMA Negeri 2 Banjar tended to commit errors in terms of verb form, in which they had to write the past form of verb/copular verb in their narrative texts. To know the causes of students’ errors, questionnaire was used to gain the clearest information. It was found that there were 4 dominant sources of students’ errors, namely, context of learning, language features of narrative text, intralingual transfer, and interlingual transfer. This study provides wider knowledge about lexico-grammatical errors that can help an English teacher even students in identifying mistakes or errors.
keyword : Causes of error, Lexico-grammatical error, Narrative text