1. To find out the collocational errors that are commonly found in the second
semester students’ writings of Sanata Dharma University. 2.
To find out the possible causes of the collocational errors made by the second semester students of Sanata Dharma University in their writings.
E. Research Benefits
The research is expected to provide valuable input to English teachers in teaching English, especially in finding the strategies to teach Collocation.
Collocation is very important for the students. Since collocational errors are found in the second semester students’ writings of Sanata Dharma University,
possible ways will be suggested to overcome this problem. It is also expected that the result of the error analysis could provide adequate information of the students’
errors in learning English vocabulary so that the teachers could conduct the teaching- learning more efficiently.
F. Definition of Terms
Some important concepts in this study are defined as follows:
1. Collocation
Collocation is a group of words, which occur repeatedly in a language Carter and McCarthy, 1988: 32. Another definition of collocation is the way in
which words regularly occur near each other Diegnan, as cited in Higuchi, Mika 1998: 35. Palmer 1993 defines collocation as a succession of two or more
words that must be learned as an integral whole and not pieced together from their component parts. From those definitions, it can be concluded that collocation is
the relationship between two words or groups of words that go together or collocate and form a common expression.
2. Error
An error is a systematic deviation due to the learner’s still developing knowledge of the L2 rule system Corder, 1967: 80. This means that students
make errors because they do not have enough knowledge of the second language they are learning. In this study error refers to the students’ failure to choose the
appropriate words to be combined in their writings.
3. Collocational Error
A collocational error is one type of lexical errors especially in combining words, which happens because the students lack knowledge of the second
language they are learning. Therefore, it is very important for the learners to know the second language rules because every language has certain rules in combining
words.
4. Writing
