Yuniswati, Maulida (2010) The study of grammatical and lexical errors resulting from L1 interference found in english compositions made by eighth graders of SMP NEGERI 13 Malang / Maulida Yuniswati. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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ABSTRACT Yuniswati Maulida. 2010. The Study of Grammatical and Lexical Errors Resulting from L1 Interference Found in English Compositions Made by the 8th Graders of SMP Negeri 13 Malang. Thesis Undergraduate Study Program of English Language Education Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Nur Hayati S.Pd M.Ed. Keywords L1 interference compositions Considering the fact that L1 interference influences the language which is produced by students when they use a foreign language it has become a very important area of study in language teaching. This study is aimed to find out the kinds of lexical and grammatical errors caused by L1 interference or negative transfer of the mother tongue in writing compositions made by eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Malang and the frequency of occurrence of errors. The data and information obtained from this study are expected to be useful for English teachers to help them identify the areas where the students encounter problem in writing.The focus of this study was identifying describing and classifying grammatical and lexical errors in students writing. Therefore descriptive qualitative was considered appropriate for the design of the study. The subjects were 39 eighth grade students in 8A Class in the second semester of 2008-2009 academic years. The instrument used to collect the data was the students writing tasks. The errors found were classified based on the error classification scheme developed by Kwary and Sugiri (2004). The result shows that 586 errors resulting from L1 interference were found from 78 compositions. The kinds of grammatical errors that appear in the students writings are subject-verb agreement (14.50%) article (12.12%) sentence or clause without verb (12.12%) noun form (11.43%) pronoun (8.02%) preposition (7.51%) word order(6.82%) clause without subject (2.56%) tense(2.39%) gerund (0.85%) and passive form(0.68%) while errors in the lexical area consist of errors on literal translation (7.51%) spelling (7.34%) and word choice (6.14%). Some categories of errors in Kwary and Sugiri (2004) cannot be applied to the data that is if clause embedded question comparison conjunction and word class. No sentences containing those categories of errors found in the data. However the researcher developed another category of errors that are not mentioned in the classification scheme by Kwary and Sugiri that is clause without subject that makes up 2.56% of all errors. Based on the findings some suggestions are given to the teachers. First they need to emphasize how certain concepts are handled in English and Indonesian. Second they need to discuss with the students the errors students make that seem to result from L1 interference and discuss ways to solve the problems. For further researchers it is suggested that they conduct similar studies in different context and/or with broader scope using other instrument such as interview guide and questionnaires to find out the more accurate reasons for the students errors.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2010 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2010 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10957 |
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