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CHAPTERI INTRODUCTION
1.1. Backgroundof theStudy
Manisgregariuoscreature,whichmeansthathe likestolivetogetherwith
otherhumanssinceitishisnature.Everyindividualhastheirowninterestor needstosatisfy
themselvesandthey canachieveitifthey
areabletoliveinease withotherpeoplebecausethey needoneanother.Peacefulnesscanbecreated
amongthemifthey haveagoodcommunication.Eachtimediscussingabout communication, languageis themostessentialtoolthatwilldeterminewhatkind of
conditiontheywillhave. Humanisthehighestcreationamong othersandthegoodthingabout
humanishiscreativity.Itisproventhroughthemediatheyapplytotransferevery ideatheyhaveintheirmindandshareittootherssobetterlifeisnotadream
anymorebutitwillbecomereality.Allthis canbeimplementedunless agood
communication ispartof principle in theirlife. Communication isan activitydone toexpresseverythingwhichappearswithinhumanmindand
togetthereal meaning
ofitsmessage,languageis usedtoexpressordeliverevery
ideaso,there willbenomissunderstandingbetweenspeakerandhearer.“Languageis theability to
acquire and use complex systems ofcommunication, particularly thehuman abilitytodoso,and alanguageisanyspecificexampleofsucha
system”https:en.wikipedia.org. Meanwhile, according to Owen 2008:1: “Languagecanbedefinedasasociallysharedcombinationsofthosesymbols
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andrulegovernedcombinationsofthosesymbols.”Itisobviousnow,language hasasystem,whichmeansthatithasbeenformulatedandithasapatternof
whichmanhastofollowso,peoplecancomprehendhismessage.Speakingof language,therearemany
elementsin itsothateverywrittenorspokenexpression
conceivesmeaning.Study elaboratesallpartswhichinvolveintheprocessof
languageformation islinguistics. Everybodyrealizes,wordswillmeannothingifthey
ignorethegoverned combinationlanguageownsbecauseitisthecentralpointofcommunication.As
ithas beenunderstood
thatlanguageis likeabridgetoshareinformation
thatman useintheirdaily
activity.Towidenthecomprehensionaboutlinguistics,itis importanttolookwhatlinguist’sdefinition.“Linguisticsis
thescienceof language,
including thesounds, words, and grammar
rules”http:ielanguages.com.Languageisaproductofhumancreativity and
linguistics is afieldtoanalyzeswhatelements
aretakenwhenhestarts communicating.Every
elementfoundininteractionthathedoeseveryday is
elucidatedin linguistics subfields. Pronunciationand
compositionofwordsconstitutethefundamentalof interaction.Pronunciationconcernstoarticulation,intonationwhilecomposition is an
arrangment of words used to deliver meaningful statement, these are subfields of linguistics talking about. There are seven 7 main topics in linguistics,
namely:Phonetics, Phonogy, Morphology, Syntax, Discourse Analysis,Pragmatics,and Semantics.Ontheother words,it can bestatedthat language
can be calleda languagebecauseithasbeen passed thatphases.
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Relatingtothetitleofthis thesis,thewriterisgoingtogivedetail
explanationofonesubfield,whichissyntax.“Syntax isthestudyoftheprinciples
andprocesses bywhichsentences areconstructed inparticular
languages” Chomsky1971:45.
Sincelanguageisagroupofsentenceswhichmanacquires fromhisenvironmentandappliesitasconnectingequipmenttobuildagood
social life,writerspeaker
mustbe awareofhissentencesbecausereader hearer
willbeconfusedormissunderstoodifheneglectstheprinciplesconstructing a sentenceandifithappens,themessagewillneverbeexcutedasitisexpected. Thismistake
iscalled grammatical error. There isaruleorformationin making sentence that mustbefollowed so
thatcommunicationcanrunperfectly,thenameofitsregulationinlanguageis grammar.Unfortunately,itisnoteasy
tomake correctsentencesbasedon grammar,moreoverit isnothisnative language.Therearepartsofspeechin English,
such as:noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction,interjection,
and sometimesnumerical,articleordeterminer
https:en.wikipedia.org. This speechhas its ownfunction insentenceand there aremany kindsofsentencepeoplewriteorutterwhenthey dointeraction.Inthis
case,languageusermustrecognizewhatsentencehewouldliketoexpressin ordertoplaceeachspeechontherightposition,choosetheappropriatewords,
andusecomprehensivesentencetoavoidapplying differentwordsbuthasthe samemeaning. Even thoughithas beenknownyetEnglish learners stillmake mistakes
when theytryto speak their mind in English.
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Basedontheexplanation above,thewriterwill
analyzesomegrammatical errorsfoundinstudentsofEnglishDepartment’s
essay.Englishisnotsomething newforIndonesiastudentsyetitisstilldifficultforsomeofthemtospeakor
writegrammatically.Thisthesiswillconvey whatkindsofgrammaticalerrorare
donebyEnglishDepartment’s Studentsand whatkindsofmistake theydoin their essaysand the last, what the effectsof it.
1.2. Problemsof theStudy
Question research of thethesisareasfollowed: 1. What are types of grammatical error found in Students of English
Department’sEssay? 2. WhatisthemostdominantofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsof
English Department’sEssay? 3. WhatistheimpactofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish
Department’sEssay?
1.3. Objectivesof theStudy
In accordancewithproblems of thestudy,theseareobjectives of thestudy which aregoingto achieve:
1. TofindoutthetypesofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish Department’sEssay.
2. To find out the mostdominant typeofgrammatical error found in Students of English Department’sEssay.
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3. TodescribetheimpactofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish Department’sEssay.
1.4.Scopeof theStudy
Languageiscreatedby humanbecausethey really needitfor communicating.Togettheaimofcommunicating,therearemany rulesthatmust be
concerned, and this rule is called grammar. Each timeanalyzing about grammar,itwilltakea long time,so thewriterhasdecided to limit the analysis.
Relatingtothethesis,thewriteronlyspotlightsgrammaticalerrorson:Subject Verb
Agreement, Singular Plural, To Infinitive, Passive Voice, Forms of Adjective, Redundancy,
Preposition, ParallelStructure,
andMisplaced Word.
Sinceananalysisneedsanobjectasanalysismaterial,thewriterhaschosen20 students’essayofEnglishDepartment,
UniversityofSumateraUtaraasobjectof thestudy. There arenine typesofgrammatical error as focusof thisthesisbecause
afterselectingandfinallychoosingitasobjectoftheanalysis,thewriterhas found that mostofthemistakeareonthosenine types.
1.5. Significanceof theStudy
Grammaticalerroristitleofthis analysis.Itcanbesurethatthisisnot something newforstudents,especially,thestudentsofEnglishDepartmentof
SumateraUtaraUniversity. Thewriter isinterested in analyzing thistopicbecause many
ofstudentswholearnoruseEnglishastheirsecondlanguagestillmakethe samemistakes.Bybringingitasmainpointoftheanalysis,thewriterhopesthat
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