Grammatical Error Analysis of EFL Students’ Personal Letter Writing: A Case Study of Year XI Students of SMKN 4 Mataram Year of 2017/2018

DISCHA PRATHIA, ALDILA (2018) Grammatical Error Analysis of EFL Students’ Personal Letter Writing: A Case Study of Year XI Students of SMKN 4 Mataram Year of 2017/2018. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is (1) to find the type of grammatical errors made by students when writing personal letter, (2) to find the type of error dominantly made by the students, and (3) to find the possible cause of the errors. The analysis is based on Corder’s (1981) theory of errors classification. The population of this research is the second year students of SMKN 4 Mataram in academic year of 2017/2018 with the total population of 344 students. 43 students were taken as samples from different majors using random sampling technique. The data were collected using written test and interview and was analysed with qualitative method. From the analysis it was found that there were five types of errors that were made by the students, namely errors of omission, errors of addition, errors of misordering, errors of misformation, errors of misordering and errors of diction. The dominant error was errors of omission with 31.5%, followed with misformation, diction, addition and misordering with the percentage, respectively, 27.1%, 17.8%, 12.9%, and 9.6%. The causes of the errors made by the students was due to the interference of their first language, mistranslation and lack of knowledge in vocabulary and grammar.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci): Corder, error analysis, personal letter
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User: Wiwin Kartikawati
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2018 01:23
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2018 01:23
URI: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/5601

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