ERRORS IN USING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN NARRATIVE COMPOSITIONS MADE BY ENGLISH NON-NATIVE STUDENTS

Dalilan, Dalilan and Noka Romadona, Noka Romadona and Roma Nur Asnita, Roma Nur Asnita ERRORS IN USING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN NARRATIVE COMPOSITIONS MADE BY ENGLISH NON-NATIVE STUDENTS. LITERAL: English Teaching and Learning Journal.

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Abstract

Abstract:Errors or mistakes frequently occur when school students write English texts or sentences according to the correct grammatical rules of English. This research aims to identify the inaccuracies made by the eleventh-grade students of SMA N 1 Pasemah Air Keruh, Empat Lawang District, South Sumatra province in their narrative compositions. A descriptive quantitative research technique was employed in this study. Data were obtained through a writing task. The sample of this study consisted of 32 eleventh-grade students of the school selected using purposive sampling. The data were analyzed using a simple percentage formula. The results of the study showed thatthere are four categories of errors made by students containing125 errors found in their narrative compositions. They were classified into four types of errors, they are misformation (45.6%), omission (42.4%), addition (10.4%), and misordering (1.6%). In conclusion, misarrangement, exclusion,andinclusion of grammatical features were found in students’ compositions. Keywords:Error Analysis;Errors;Narrative Composition;Simple Past Tense.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 300 Ilmu sosial, Sosiologi dan Antropologi > 370 Pendidikan > Aspek sosial dari pendidikan
Depositing User: Fakultas Adab
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2023 08:10
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2023 08:10
URI: http://repository.radenfatah.ac.id/id/eprint/32076

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