An Analysis of Student Conjunction Errors in Writing Narrative Text

This study focused on the analysis of common conjunction errors in students’ narrative texts. It particularly aimed to describe the common conjunction errors employed by students in their narrative texts. The data relied on narrative writing results written by ten students at Class A of the first grade students of SMA N 1 Mutiara as the focus participants. The method used in the data analysis adopted a qualitative design. The results of analysis showed that subordinate conjunction of purpose was dominant conjunction error employed by students in their narrative texts. It is recommended that future related research should be conducted in more diverse educational settings and different kind of text to see what common conjunction errors were employed by students.