Philippine E-Journals

Errors in Writing of Recount Text from Indonesian into English by the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 4 Kupang Timur in the Academic Year 2016-2017

Yandri S Ndun

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

There are three problems to be answered in this writing, they are: (1) the types of errors in translating recount text from Indonesian into English done by the eighth-grade students of SMPN 4 Kupang Timur; (2) the sources of those errors; And (3) the level of errors done by the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Kupang Timur; Te aims of this writing are the following (1) to provide information for English teachers, about the ability of the students. (2) To fnd out the errors of the students in translation from Indonesia into English. (3) To fnd out the level of error of the students in the translation of recount text. Tis writing applies descriptive qualitative method. It describes types or errors, source of errors and level of errors made by the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Kupang Timur in translating and writing recount text from Indonesian into English. The result of the analysis shows that many errors were made based on the surface strategy taxonomy. Based on the errors data, the writer classified them based on the source of errors and level of errors made by students in translating recount text from Indonesian into English.