COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY INDONESIAN ADVANCED LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

Suwartono, Suwartono and Erna, Priyantini (2006) COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY INDONESIAN ADVANCED LEARNERS OF ENGLISH. JURNAL PBS (Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni), 2 (1). ISSN 0216 - 3888

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Abstract

Learning a language, just like any other human learning processes, is inseparable from errors. This paper is based on study of grammatical errors that occured in university students’ written work. The aim of the study was to examine the types of grammatical errors made by the students and to find out the predominant error types. The study involved 38 EFL research project proposal manuscripts submitted by semester eight students of English Department of Faculty of Teacher Training at Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto, Central Java. Grammatical errors were identified with respect to British or American English and cassified according to Politzer and Ramirez’s Linguistic Category Taxonomy (LCT). This classification scheme organizes errors into two main categories: morphology and syntax. The analysis has identified 22 types of error 20 of syntactic category and 2 of morphology category. The top six types of error found are Agreement of subject-verb, Use of preposition, Number, Verb construction, Omission of verb, and Determiners, respectively. For an efficient English grammar learning and teaching, special attention should be given to these types of error.

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