THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD. International Journal of English Language Teaching.

Source : Dirgeyasa,Wy (2016). THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD. International Journal of English Language Teaching. P.1-10

This research was conducted by the researcher in order to know the effectiveness of Error Analysis Method toward the students’ achievement in English writing skill and their perceptions to Error Analysis Method (hereafter EAM) for teaching and learning writing The researcher choose EAM because it can significantly improves students achievement. As Corder (1967) and Brown (2000) both highlight that language learners’ errors are important to study because it shows the state of the learners’ knowledge. In addition, theoretically and empirically, the EAM can significantly improve the students’ learning achievement as reported by Dirgeyasa, and Husein (2007: 25).The research was conducted in Classroom Action Research. The subjects of this research are 31 students of the third semester of English Department of State University of Medan of 2012/2013 academic year. The instrument for collecting data is essay writing test. The data are analysed by descriptive analysis. The results of the research shows that 1) the students’ achievement in English writing skill is (76.74) in average or it increases (17.32) basis points from the pre-test (59.42) in average and 2) in general, the students have positive and good perceptions toward Error Analysis Method for teaching and learning writing skill of English. This implies that the implementation of EAM is significantly effective to improve students’ writing skill.