TYPES OF SYNTACTICAL ERRORS MADE BY ENGLSIH DEPARTMENTS STUDENTS IN WRITING ESSAY REGISTERED 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR AT STAIN BATUSANGKAR

Abstract

Hendra Putra,2015. Types of Syntactical Errors Made by English Department Students in Writing Essay Registered 2014/2015 Academic Years at Stain Batusangkar. Thesis. Graduate Program. State University of Padang.

 

This research deal with types of errors which consist of noun phrase, verb phrase, verb and verb construction, some transformation, word order, addition and omission made by the fourth semester students of the English Department of STAIN Batusangkar in writing essays.

This research was aimed at finding out and explaining types of errors made by English Department students in writing essay at STAIN Batusangkar in 2014/2015 academic year.

The source of data this research was writing test. The technique of data collection was simple random sampling. From the data, the researcher took 23 essays (20%) from the total of students. In analyzing the data, the researcher used some step, mainly reading, describing and classifying the data.

The research revealed that there were 314 errors from students’ writing essay. Those errors were noun phrase 80 errors (25.48%), verb phrase 138 errors (43.95%), verb and verb construction 7 errors (2.23%), word order 14 errors (4.46%), some transformation 9 errors (2.87%), omission 43 errors (13.69%), addition 23 errors (7.32%).

Based on the finding above, it could be concluded that the students committed the errors in their essays. It might be caused by their grammatical mastery in English. It is also suggested to the lecturers to provide more detail explanations to the students related to the grammar problems so that the students will not make errors in their writing later on or at least it can minimize the errors produced by the students.