An Error Analysis on The Use Simple Past Tense in Writing Narrative Text

An Error Analysis on The Use Simple Past Tense in Writing Narrative Text SITI MASITOH Primary Author mixed material bibliography serang 2023 monographic en English xiii + 111 hlm.; 18 x 25 cm This study aims to analyze the types and causes of errors made in Student narrative text in 9th grade at Mtss Al-fathaniyah. This study uses a case study method with a descriptive qualitative approach, and the writer uses tests and interviews in data collection. Then the data results are analyzed using Dulay's theory, namely the surface taxonomy strategy, to determine the type of error and use John Norrish's theory to determine the causes of errors. The results are obtained Total errors made by class 9D MTSs Al-fathaniyah students in using the simple past tense in writing narrative text were 172, with omissions of 41 errors, Addition of 24 errors, Misformations of 60 errors, and misordering of 47 errors, and the cause of the error is in the use of the simple past tense in writing narrative text, namely Translation with a percentage of 44%, and carelessness which is 38% and natural language interference which is 18%. So the type of error that most students make is misformation, and the cause of the error namely Translation. 421 UIN SMH Banten Perpustakaan Pusat SKRIPSI TBI 2279 SKRIPSI TBI 2279 My Library SKRIPSI TBI 2279 26525 2023-07-26 14:58:40 2023-07-26 14:59:16 machine generated