TYPES OF ENGLISH WRITING ERRORS OF AN INDONESIAN EFL STUDENT

This study aims to look for the types of errors in writing made by a 6th grader of a
bilingual school in Indonesia. The student was implicitly asked to write stories during his first
semester of academic year 2017/2018. Then the writings were collected and analyzed by the
nature and distribution of writing errors and it also investigates factors that cause errors in their
writing in English. The findings showed that the subject made grammatical and mechanic errors
the most, and also intralingual errors were made more than interlingual errors. The researcher
found out that he has a wide knowledge of vocabulary as well as good proficiency, not only in
writing, yet also other skills. The possible explanation derived from interview with his parents.
Then it was found out that the subject has been using the target language since he was in second
grade of elementary, so the first language influence less the target language.