A Common Error Analysis in Students’ English Narrative Writing
Abstract
This research aims to explore error analysis in students’ academic writing. The study was conducted at the University of HKBP Nommensen Medan. The method used is a mixed-method. The research participants were 26 English department students in the third semester. Thus, the research data consist of 26 narrative stories. The results showed that around 252 errors were found in all categories. The most dominant error category is omission 92 (36.51%) then is respectively followed by addition 64 (25.40%), misinformation 56 (22.22%), and disordering 40 (15.87%). The most dominant factor as the cause of the error is first language interference, and then translation and carelessness. In conclusion, all types of errors (omission, addition, misinformation, and disordering) were identified in the students’ narrative writing.
Keywords: Error Analysis, Factor of Errors, Narrative Writing, University Students
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Kumala, B. P., Aimah, S., & Ifadah, M. (2018). An Analysis of Grammatical Errors on Students’ Writing. English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings, 2, 144-149. https://jurnal.unimus.ac.id/index.php/ELLIC/article/download/3513/3338
Nair, M., & Hui, L. L. (2018). An Analysis of Common Errors in ESL Descriptive Writing Among Chinese Private School Students in Malaysia. International Journal of Education and Practice, 6(1), 28–42. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.61.2017.61.28.42
Nodoushan, S., & Ali, M. (2018). Toward a Taxonomy of Errors in Iranian EFL Learners’ Basic-Level Writing. International Journal of Language Studies, 12(1), 61–78. http://www.ijls.net/pages/volume/vol12no1.html
Pardosi, J. D., Br. Karo, R. E. V., Sijabat, O. A. S., Pasaribu, H., & Tarigan, N. W. P. (2019). An Error Analysis of Students in Writing Narrative Text. Linguistic, English Education and Art (LEEA) Journal, 3(1), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v3i1.983
Perlin, A., Sartika, D., & Nery, R. (2020). An Error Analysis on the Use of Simple Present Tense in Paragraph Writing of the Second Semester at English Language Education at Islamic University of Ogan Komering Ilir Kayuagung. Journal Of English Education And Linguistics, 3(2), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.32663/edu-ling.v4i1.1688
Richards, J., & Schmidt, R. W. (2010). Longman Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics (Fourth Ed.). USA: Pearson Education Limited
Sitorus, G. S., & Sipayung, K. (2018). An Error Analysis of Using Phrases in Writing Recount Text at Tenth Grade in SMA Parulian 2 Medan. Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature, 18(1), 78–88. https://doi.org/10.24167/celt.v18i1.562
Songsukrujiroad, S., Xin, C., & Kaewyod, W. (2018). Error Analysis on Writing Chinese Essay : A Case Study of Chinese Major Students of UBRU. International Journal of Integrated Education and Development, 3(1), 5–18. https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ijied/article/view/127742
Xie, Q. (2019). Error Analysis and Diagnosis of ESL Linguistic Accuracy: Construct Specification and Empirical Validation. Assessing Writing, 41, 47–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asw.2019.05.002
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2021-06-20
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