CLASSIFYING OF ERRORS IN DESCRIPTIVE WRITING MADE BY EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS IN SMP NEGERI 2 SEI SEMENGGARIS BY USING SURFACE STRATEGY TAXONOMY
CLASSIFYING ERRORS IN EIGHT GRADERS’S DESCRIPTIVE WRITING IN SMP NEGERI 2 SEI RURAL; AN APPLICATION OF A SURFACE STRATEGY TAXONOMY This purpose of this study is to describe and classify the types of errors in descriptive text. This was conducted in SMP Negeri 2 Sei Menggaris in the academic year of 2020/2021. The subjects were the students of eight grade, with 22 students. This employed mixed methods. The data were collected through written text, of which results were then analyzed using a surface strategy taxonomy. The result showed that there were 40 errors which were analyzed using the surface strategy taxonomy. Among the errors, there are omission errors (20) formation errors (17) placement errors (3) no addition errors identified. It is suggested for the teachers to pay more attention to the mistakes identify here and to give more portions in explaining the corresponding. For students, they need to improve their vocabulary. This is to reduce the errors in writing. They should read more references like books, magazines, the internet learning source. They can make a small note of words list to improve their vocabularies mastery.