68 inseparable phrasal verbs, they still had problems in constructing sentences using
phrasal verbs, especially the inseparable phrasal verbs.
B. The Causes Underlying the Errors
1. Data Presentation
After figuring out the errors that the participant made in their test, it is important to know the causes of the errors they committed in the test and the
causes they had not really mastered the English phrasal verbs. Thus, to discover the causes why the students made errors in using the phrasal verbs, the researcher
conducted semi-structured interview. The researcher chose five students who had low scores in the test to be interviewed. Then, during the interview, the researcher
used Indonesian language in order to make the interviewees more convenient to express their opinion. The interviews were also recorded and transcribed in order
to make it easier to analyze the findings. The questions and the information obtained in the interviews are summarized in Table 4.11.
Table 4.11 The Summary of Interview Results
No. Questions Answers
1. a. Do you know
what phrasal verb is?
• Some students mentioned that phrasal verb is
the combination of two words. •
Some students defined phrasal verb as the combination between verb and preposition.
• Some students did not know exactly what it
is.
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Do you know the types of
phrasal verbs? •
Most of them did not know. •
One student knew that there are some patterns in which noun can be put between
the phrasal verbs or put it after the phrasal verbs.
2. As an English
teacher candidate, do you think it is
important to learn phrasal verbs?
• Most of them wanted to be able to use and to
explain the phrasal verb well when they teach.
• They wanted to be able to show that they
were good teachers. 3. a.
Do you realize that you still
made some errors in using
phrasal verbs? •
Most of them stated that they did realize it. •
One student hesitated and stated that it was confusing so he did not know whether it was
correct or not.
b. In your opinion,
why did you make these
errors? •
One student admitted that he lacked concentration because of the test and the
time limitation.
• Some students stated that they had learnt it
before but they forgot it. •
All this time, they do not really try to learn and understand it deeply.
• Some of them got confused because there is
no fix rules to determine which particle to follow which verb. Moreover, the position of
particle was also confusing.
• They stated that they also got confused
because a verb if added by a new particle will cause a new meaning. Thus, the
meaning of phrasal verbs was also confusing.
4 Do you have any
suggestion for the teacherslecturers
related to the teaching of the
English phrasal verbs?
• Most of them said that the lecturers need to
give them further explanation about phrasal verbs, not only giving them exercises.
• One student argued that the lecturers have
taught them well enough. For the further explanation about the phrasal verbs, the
students indeed should learn them by themselves.
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2. Discussion
