ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS MADE BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK BATIK PERBAIK PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

In learning process, students still make errors and mistakes, especially in writing. The students usually make errors in vocabulary and grammar. Making errors and mistakes in writing is also done by the eleventh grade students of SMK Batik Perbaik Purworejo, who learn how to write business letters. Therefore, the researcher conducts a research by using descriptive qualitative approach about grammatical errors in writing business letters made by the eleventh grade students of SMK Batik Puworejo in the academic year 2013/2014. There are two aims of this research. The first aim is to find out grammatical errors in writing business letter made by the eleventh grade students of SMK Batik Perbaik Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014. The second aim is to correct those grammatical errors. In collecting the data, the researcher uses a written test. The researcher asks the students to write business letter, exactly inquiry letters. Then, the researcher collects the students’ writing. In analyzing the data, the researcher corrects the students’ writing, finds grammatical errors, describes how to correct those grammatical errors, and classifies those grammatical errors. The result shows that there are 174 grammatical errors found in the students’ writing. The errors are classified into four types of errors based on surface strategy taxonomy: omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. After analyzing the data, the researcher finds that there are 58 omission errors (33.33%), 33 addition errors (18.97%), 77 misformation errors (44.24%), and 6 misordering errors (3.45%).