Kosasih, Marcella Melly (2015) Error Analysis of English Essays Written by Indonesian Students (A Case Study of the First Semester Students of the English Department, Maranatha Christian University, Academic Year 2014-2015). Project Report. Faculty of Letters. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This study deals with the analysis of types and frequency of errors detected from essays written by L2 learners. It involved 50 first-semester students of the English Department, Maranatha Christian University, who enrolled in Paragraph and Narrative Writing class. The approach applied in this study was descriptive qualitative. The data were gathered from the students’ essays during their final semester exam in the academic year 2014/2015. Identified errors were classified into several categories, calculated, analyzed, and categorized according to their causes based on Richards’ (1971) theory on error analysis. The result showed that the most common errors occurred in the production and distribution of verb groups, the use of articles, spelling, prepositions, parts of speech, singular/plural forms, and questions. The causes of errors were both interlingual and intralingual interferences: interference of the mother tongue, overgeneralization, ignorance of rule restrictions, incomplete application of rules, and false concepts hypothesized. It is hoped that by knowing the types and the frequency of errors, and their causes, students are able to improve their writing skill in English, and teachers are able to construct their teaching methods and materials better.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Perpustakaan Maranatha |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2015 09:06 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2015 09:06 |
| URI: | http://repository.maranatha.edu/id/eprint/17157 |
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