Abstract:
The objective of this study was to carry out whether the students make
errors, and to find the types of errors made by the second-year students of SMAN
2 FakFak in learning the Simple Past Tense in their Argumentative writing. The
classification of the types of the error of this study was based on Dulay, and the
procedure of error analysis used Ellis‟ procedure.
In this study, the writer used descriptive analysis method to describe
students is error and analyze the data. The data which were taken from the test
focus on Simple Past Tense. The sample of this study was the students of tenth
grade of SMAN 2 FakFak, academic year 2020/2021, the class X IPA 1 consisting
of 12 students. Procedure of data analysis covered identifying and describing.
The result of writer‟s analysis Argumentative Writing was made by
students, most of them made an error in used past tense. They did not pay
attention about changing of verb in past tense and past continuous. The students
also made errors in others type of errors. They are such as students made errors in
addition parts, omission, misformation and misodering. From the data, we could
know that students X IPA 1 had a problems about using past tense in
Argumentative Writing. The suggestion is if students often practice in
Argumentative writing it may minimize mistakes and errors
