scholarly journals Grammatical Errors on EFL Students’ Final Project Writings

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
Zewitra ◽  
Poppy Fauziah
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Made In

Making errors is an unavoidable part of learning a new language, especially for those who do not use that new language as their first medium of communication. Writing in a foreign language can be a considerably tough challenge for EFL learners, one of the problems is regarding the grammatical rules. This present study attempts to discover and analyze the grammatical errors found in EFL students’ final project writing. It employed a descriptive qualitative method using a textual analysis process by adopting the theory of Dulay et al regarding grammatical error analysis. (Dulay et al., 1982) classify grammatical errors into four; omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. Five students’ final projects with a total number of 2884 sentences became the object of this research. The final projects were taken from Politeknik Negeri Bandung (Polban) English Department graduates of 2018 and they were limited to the project of ‘Travel Writing’ only. Travel Writing was chosen due to the fact that it contains more various types of sentences, more complicated sentence structure, and higher level of language modification. The results of this study claim that all types of grammatical errors presented by Dulay et al are found in those five students’ final projects. Misformation is the most frequent error the students made in producing their travel writing products by 74% (380 out of 516 errors) while misordering is the least one by 1% (7 out of 516 errors). Theoretically, the findings can be a base for the next researchers to further analyze the cause of this error production. Meanwhile, practically the results can be used by curriculum makers as a guide to evaluate and develop new curriculum, syllabus, materials, and teaching methods which are more suitable for EFL students in order to communicate effectively and write skillfully.   Keywords: error analysis, grammatical error, writing, travel writing  

scholarly journals SURFACE STRATEGY TAXONOMY ON THE EFL STUDENTS’ COMPOSITION A STUDY OF ERROR ANALYSIS

JURNAL IQRA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Suhono Suhono
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Subject

This study deals with error analysis on composition written by EFL Students IAIM NU Metro. It aims at developing further analyzing of error analysis in second language learners. For this purpose, an empirical study was conducted, using Indonesian students learning English as the subject of research. To achieve this purpose, the researcher explored the type of grammatical errors made by students at different grade semesters: the second, the sixth, and the eighth. More specifically, this study was an attempt to describe the type of grammatical error which frequently exist in written composition, to describe frequency grammatical error among the grade semesters, and to describe the sources of errors. Students’ writings were analyzed based on surface strategy taxonomy theory. The results of this research revealed that 268 sentences indicated errors. In all semesters, types of omission error was the highest one 131 (48.9%) sentences. Furthermore, grammatical error in the second semester was the highest one 124 (46.8%) sentences. The sources of errors of this research were mother-tongue influence (Interlingual errors). It was influenced by the native language which interferes with target language learning. The second was Intralingual errors, caused by the target tself like, misanalysis (wrong hypothesis), incomplete rule application.   Keywords: Surface Strategy Taxonomy, Error Analysis, IAIM NU Metro.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERROR IN DELIVERING THE IMPROMPTU SPEECH

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Vivi Amanda ◽  
Andri Donal
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error

The purpose of this research was to find out the types of grammatical errors frequently made by students in delivering the impromptu speech. The aim of learning a language is to be able to communicate in a right way. There is no a silent language knowledge, a language must be produced in words to achieve its goals in learning second or foreign language comprehending. Trough speaking, we can see how is a speaker skill in mastering a lang uage. A good speaker is who able to produce language which arranged as its rule. In speaking, appropriate sentence structure and context are very helping in order to gain listener‟s comprehending. In collecting the data, the researcher used documentation of video of impromptu speech. A method to analyze the error is called error analysis. The indicators are: (a) Morphology error (b) Syntax error. From these indicators, the researcher find out students‟ grammatical error in delivering the impromptu speech. In this research, the researcher found 127 errors in morphology. Those were 34 (14,5%) errors in noun, 77 (33%) errors in verb, 4 (2%) errors in adjective, 2 (1%) errors in adverb, 10 (4%) errors in preposition. In syntax was found 107 errors. Those were 26 (11%) errors in phrase, 33 (14%) errors in clause, 21 (9%) errors in sentence, and 27(11,5%) errors in intersentence. From the result, the researcher concluded that the most frequent grammatical error found in verb.

scholarly journals Action Research on a WebQuest as an Instructional Tool for Writing Abstracts of Research Articles

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krismiyati Latuperissa
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Instructional Tool ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Massive Growth ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Efl Students

The massive growth of and access to information technology (IT) has enabled the integration of technology into classrooms. One such integration is the use of WebQuests as an instructional tool in teaching targeted learning activities such as writing abstracts of research articles in English for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. In the academic world, writing an abstract of a research paper or final project in English can be challenging for EFL students. This article presents an action research project on the process and outcomes of using a WebQuest designed to help 20 Indonesian university IT students write a research article’s abstract in English. Findings reveal that despite positive feedback, changes need to be made to make the WebQuest a more effective instructional tool for the purpose it was designed.

scholarly journals Can Explicit Written Corrective Feedback Develop Grammatical and Lexical Accuracy of Saudi EFL Learners?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahla Al-Hazzani ◽  
Sultan Altalhab
Keyword(s):  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Written Corrective Feedback ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Made In

Saudi students encounter many problems in writing skill as several studies revealed (e.g. Alhazmi, 2006; Alsamdani, 2010). Providing effective and useful feedback may help to overcome these challenges. Therefore, this study examines the effect of teachers’ written corrective feedback on female Saudi EFL students’ written essays and to what extent it affects students’ written grammatical and lexical accuracy. The sample comprises 50 foundation level students, across two groups: an experimental group (n=29) and a control group (n=21). Data were gathered over a 10-week period using a pre-/post-test/delayed post-test design for comparable groups. The findings show that although many errors were made in the writing performances, the students in the experimental group had significantly better achievements than the students in the control group on the measure. The results lend support to the efficiency of teachers’ written corrective feedback, showing it has a significant positive effect on the participants’ grammatical and lexical accuracy.

scholarly journals Students’ Grammatical Error Analysis in Speaking

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
REFA ANJENG SARI
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Error Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Speaking Performance

The purposes of this research were to find out the kinds of students’ grammatical error, and to figure out the dominant kind of grammatical error in speaking. The research design was descriptive research. The participant of this research was students of State Islamic University in Palembang, South Sumatera. The purposive sampling method was used to choose 12 participants; three students was taken from category of high, medium, and low score in speaking class. The collection of data used documentation by recording student’s speaking performance. The data were analyzed by using Linguistic Category Classification from Politzer and Ramirez. Based on the result of data analysis, 12 kinds of grammatical errors were found. The dominant kind of grammatical error was about number. The lowest percentages were about third person singular incorrectness and comparative adjective/adverb incorrectness.

scholarly journals ERROR ANALYSIS IN THE TRAVEL WRITING MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vika Agustina ◽  
Esti Junining
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
English Department ◽  
State University ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Verb Inflection ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Written Materials

This study was conducted to identify the kinds of errors in surface strategy taxonomy and to know the dominant type of errors made by the fifth semester students of English Department of one State University in Malang-Indonesia in producing their travel writing. The type of research of this study is document analysis since it analyses written materials, in this case travel writing texts. The analysis finds that the grammatical errors made by the students based on surface strategy taxonomy theory consist of four types. They are (1) omission, (2) addition, (3) misformation and (4) misordering. The most frequent errors occuring in misformation are in the use of tense form. Secondly, the errors are in omission of noun/verb inflection. The next error, there are many clauses that contain unnecessary phrase added there.Keywords: Error, Error Analysis, Surface Strategy Taxonomy, Travel Writing

scholarly journals The errors of EFL students’ TOEFL iBT integrated writing task

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Irmawan ◽  
Rahmi Aulia Nurdini
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Toefl Ibt ◽  
Writing Task ◽  
Integrated Tasks

Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing are four skills tested in TOEFL iBT. The two types of questions in the writing task of TOEFL iBT are independent and integrated. Focusing on the integrated task in which test-takers require to read a passage, to listen to a lecture related to the topic of the reading and to summarize the listening by explaining how it relates to the points in the reading (Peterson, 2007:8). This research analyzed the errors of students' writing production of integrated task. The research samples of the task were taken from 7 (seven)  TOEFL iBT candidates. Examining 14 integrated tasks, this study categorized the errors into three major categories: grammar, mechanics, and content errors. This study found that most frequent grammatical errors were in the verb (22%),  agreement (20%), and followed by a noun (14%). The findings of mechanic errors are mostly in the use of capitalization at the beginning of a sentence. In the part of punctuation errors, it was found that the omission of a comma as a frequent error. The last results are content errors which consist of plagiarism;  own idea addition; question addressing in which if the test takers’ response focuses on one of the two passages and completely ignores the other one; and missed information in which test-takers are unable to absorb key information from reading and listening passage. It is expected that these findings enable TOEFL iBT tutors to recognize candidates' problems and improve their teaching approach to reach better results. Keywords: Error Analysis, TOEFL iBT, integrated writing task, summarizing 

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN TRANSFORMING ACTIVE TO PASSIVE SENTENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Lina Septianasari
Keyword(s):  
First Language ◽  
Private University ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Passive Sentence ◽  
English Students ◽  
Made In

Passive voice is one of the important English grammar that should be mastered because it is used at formal and informal communication. The EFL students tend to produce grammatical errors in transforming active to the passive sentence because of syntactical interference of their first language. The objectives of this research are to know the types of errors that students made in transforming active to passive sentences, to know the students' problems in transforming active to passive sentences and to know the proportion of the students' errors. The subject of this research is 20 English students at one private university in Lampung. The result of this research shows that the total number of errors that had been committed by the students based on surface strategy taxonomy is 280 errors, which falls into the following proportion of the four kinds of errors in surface strategy taxonomy: 126 errors of omission error, 18 errors of addition error, 120 errors of misformation error, and 16 errors of misordering error.

scholarly journals Analyzing Grammatical Error in Students' Recount Text Writing in Junior High School

HUMANIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Ines Marylena Candra Manik ◽  
Ni Komang Arie Suwastini
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Major Type ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Text Writing

Having good grammar is one of important components in the mastery of writing skills. However, grammatical errors still become an important problem in writing, especially for EFL students. Therefore, this study aimed to find out the major types of grammatical errors; and to know the major source of grammatical errors in students’ recount text writing. This study was designed as a descriptive qualitative study. Recount texts written by the eighth-grade students of SMP Pelangi Dharma Nusantara in academic year 2019/2020 were used as the research subjects of this study. The data were identified and analyzed using  theory of error proposed by Dulay et al. (1982) about surface strategy taxonomy and theory of source of grammatical error proposed by Brown (2007)). The findings showed that the major type of grammatical errors was omission, with the total of 171 errors or 37. 33% of the total errors. Meanwhile, the major source of grammatical errors was intralingual transfer which the total result was 248 or 43.43% error. Thus, it can be concluded that the most frequent grammatical errors that happened among the subject was error of omission, while the most common source of errors was intralingual transfer.

Grammar Mistakes in English Written Academic Discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Bakhov ◽  
◽  
L Lozynska ◽  
A Alyeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Grammatical Error ◽  
The Right ◽  
English Academic Writing

Abstract. Grammar is an important component of written academic discourse. Knowing the grammatical basis of a sentence avoids grammatical errors. The purpose of the study is to reveal the peculiarities of making grammatical errors in English-language written academic discourse. Results of research. As practice shows, most often in English-language written academic discourse the following grammatical errors occur: errors that occur in the process of matching the subject and predicate in a sentence; errors that occur when using the right time in verbs and / or adverbs; errors that occur in the use of articles. The reasons for non-compliance with the requirements for the use of articles are: the use of the noun "author (s)" without the specified article; use of the specified article "the" without grounds; frequent neglect of the inability to use a computable noun in the singular without an article. Regarding the incorrect use of prepositions, in the phrase "practical research is aimed at the system" the preposition "at" should be used instead of the preposition "to". A grammatical error, which consists in using the adjective "own" without a possessive pronoun, occurs in the following phrases: "the search for directions of own activity", "formation of own strategy of activity". Grammatical error related to non-compliance with the requirements for the use of specific and temporal forms of the verb: in today's conditions, in order to solve personal problems, some people use illegal acts. There are cases when in the translation of the English text instead of the noun complex definitions or a number of such definitions are used. An example of incorrect construction of a sentence structure is the expression of a predicate in a sentence in the passive form of a verb. A compound noun is not used in English. In English, the error is quite common when the infinitive is used after the verb "allow". Also a grammatical error is the frequent use of the noun "readiness" in articles of psychological and pedagogical direction. According to the results of the research, the peculiarities of grammatical errors in the English-language written academic discourse are revealed; features of English-language written academic discourse in the context of the analysis of the programs of educational disciplines developed by the leading institutions of higher education of Ukraine are considered; the parameters according to which the evaluation of academic written texts is carried out are revealed; features of English-language academic writing are analyzed. It is noted that as an option to avoid grammatical errors in English written academic discourse, you need to use modern information technology, including programs to check English academic writing for grammatical errors. Based on the results obtained during the study, the prospects for further research are seen in a comprehensive study of the features of English-language academic discourse.

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