Analysis of Students Grammatical Errors in Writing

Considering the importance of grammatical knowledge in the writing process, this research was aimedto know the grammatical errors that happen in writing class made by studentsof second semester inStudents of English Department Ar-Raniry State Islamic University.The method used in this study is the qualitative method, while the general pattern or the research design used by the researcher is a case study. Population was taken in second semester of English student department. Purposive sampling is used intaking sample from the population. The researcher collected the data from unit 3 that consists 31 students. The researcher uses document papers as the instrument. Coder theory becomes the main key in the data analysis. Based on the analysis thedata, The researcher found the common error that exist on the students’ writings is in the category of selection. Students committed the error in selection was 114 times or 42.72%The second highest error made by student was omission which commited the 107 errors or 31.75 %. The third highest was addition with 68 times or 20.17% errrors occured. The lowest was ordering with 18 times or 5.74% errors occured. Based on the result, it is figured out that the studentsstill have difficulties in applying grammatical structures in writing.

Keywords: Grammatical error