COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING MADE BY THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF IAIN TULUNGAGUNG

SETYARINI, TITIEN (2015) COMMON GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN WRITING MADE BY THE FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF IAIN TULUNGAGUNG. [ Skripsi ]

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Setyarini, Titien. Student Registered Number. 3213113023. 2015. Common Grammatical Errors in Writing Made by the First Semester Students of English Department of IAIN Tulungagung. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Erna Iftanti, S.S, M.Pd. Keywords: error analysis, grammatical errors, sources of error Writing is one of the language skills which is important in humans’ life. Writing involves more than just producing words and sentences. To be able to produce a piece of writing, the writers should be able to write a connected series of words and sentences which are grammatically and logically linked, so that the purpose they have in their mind will suit the intended readers. Writing in different language is difficult. So, the writer tends to make errors. Analyzing students’ errors is important to improve students’ writing ability. Error analysis is the study of the learners’ error which can be observed, analyzed, and classified to reveal something of the system operating within the learner. So, it is significant to study on what types of error and the sources of the errors in writing made by the first students of English department of IAIN Tulungagung. The formulation of research problems were; 1) What are the most types of grammatical errors in writing made by the first semester students of English Depatment of IAIN Tulungagung? 2) What are the possible sources of errors made by students? The objectives of this research were then to; 1) To find out the most types of common grammatical errors in writing made by the first semester students of English Department of IAIN Tulungagung 2) To find out the possible sources of the errors in writing made by the first semester students of English Department of IAIN Tulungagung. The design of this research was qualitative research with descriptive approach. The data source was the first semester students’ writing of English department of IAIN Tulungagung. The data were any errors found in the students’ writing which were identified based on surface strategy taxonomy. The technique of data collection was document analysis. The technique of data verification was triangulation. Then, the data were analyzed by error analysis. The result of this research showed that: 1) the most type of errors which appeared in the students’ writing was error of misformation. The error of misformation was found 40.7 %, 2) the sources of errors in the students’ writing were overgeneralization, ignorance of rule restriction, incomplete application of rules and false concept hypothesis. The most of the sources of error was ignorance of rule restriction. Based on the result of the research, the researcher suggests the students to pay attention on the errors and if necessary look for more information or explanation from lecturer or reviewing related books. The English lecturer can give the students more exercise. For future researcher, it would be better for them to analyze error of speaking since it is still rarely conducted.

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