Abstract:
The objective of this study is to find out the types of grammatical
errors in writing spoof text. The researcher analyzed the errors based on
the surface strategy taxonomy; omission, addition, misformation,
misordering.
In doing this study the researcher employed descriptive qualitative
design. The subject of this research was the third grade students of SMPN
8 Makassar in the academic year 2018/2019, while the sample is class
IX.4 (30 students). The data was collected from the students writing spoof
text paragraph.
After analyzing the data, the researcher found that there are 255
errors items made by the students in writing spoof text. The frequency and
percentage of the students’ error in making spoof text are omission errors
101 items (39.61%), addition errors 33 items (12,94%), misformation
errors 103 items (40.39%), and misordering errors 18 items (7,06%).
Therefore, the result of the research showed that misformation errors are
the highest error made by the students
