Error analysis on EFL students‟ thesis proposal writing

Octaberlina, Like Raskova and Muslimin, Afif Ikhwanul (2022) Error analysis on EFL students‟ thesis proposal writing. World Journal of English Language, 12 (6). pp. 331-342. ISSN 19250711

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Abstract

The present research was intended to analyse the errors made by the university students, especially the students in the eight semesters who write thesis proposals. Hence, the main objective of the present research was to investigate types of errors as well as to know the dominant errors which were existed in students‟ thesis proposal compositions. This research employed descriptive quantitative study by calculating the number of errors by percentage. There are 42 participants from English Education Department in one of public university in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The results showed that there were 195 errors consisting of 71 (36%) addition errors, 64 (33%) misformation errors, 48 (25%) omission errors, and 12 (6%) misordering errors. The most dominant errors as shown by the percentage were students tended to add more than the structure or grammar needs. Students overgeneralized to use affix –s in verb and to use double auxiliaries (be, are, is). These results suggest that the instructor needs to help students on understanding and practicing more to fix the errors.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	errors; EFL students; grammar; thesis proposal
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) 13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130207 LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200302 English Language
Divisions:	Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Training > Department of English Language Education
Depositing User:	Like Raskova
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2022 14:35

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