Language Errors in Writing Student Activity Proposal Texts at SMK Prima Unggul Tangerang City

Abstract

Writing skills are language skills that students at all levels of education must possess. This skill is important because, in every activity, we will often be associated with writing. Writing activity proposal texts is one of the writing skills that students at the vocational education level must master. This study aims to explain and describe Indonesian language errors in writing student activity proposal texts at Prima Unggul Vocational High School. The research method used is the descriptive qualitative method. The research data is in the form of student activity proposal texts at Prima Unggul Vocational High School. Interview and interview techniques were used for data collection. Data validity techniques include data triangulation and theory, while interactive analysis techniques are used for data analysis. This study found errors in using Indonesian language rules, namely errors at the phonological and morphological levels. Errors found at the phonological level are errors in the use of capital letters that are not used according to their function and errors in the use of full stop (.), comma (,), and hyphen (-), which are not placed according to their placement. Then, the errors found at the morphological level were errors in the use of prepositions, repetition of words, foreign vocabulary words, and typographical errors.