7 verbs. By identifying the students’ errors, the lecturers are then able to find the
difficulties the students have and find new techniques to overcome the problems. While, for the English learners or those who are interested in learning
English, this research enables them to know more about English phrasal verbs because this research gives more information about English phrasal verbs and the
errors mostly made by the sixth semester students of ELESP students, the real EFL students. Furthermore, by obtaining information about the English phrasal
verbs errors, the students can avoid making errors by studying harder, especially studying these two kinds of English phrasal verbs. Then, the teachers are also
supposed to help the students to improve their learning.
F. Definition of Terms
It is important to give the sufficient information about some terms used in this research in order to avoid misunderstanding. These words below are some terms
used in this research.
1. Phrasal Verb
In this research, phrasal verb refers to a phrasal verb which is formed by combining a simple verb and one of a number of particles McArthur, 1973: 9.
Although it looks like a phrase, it functions as a single word. It is a unit. “The verbs may form combinations with adverbial particles such as down, in, off, on,
out, up” Leech, 1994: 336. Then, according to Leech 1994: 336, verbs can also combine with prepositional adverbs which then function like prepositional phrase.
8 Phrasal verbs that are going to be discussed further here, however, exclude
the prepositional phrases or prepositional verbs such as look at, etc. This research is going to discuss further the two types of English phrasal verbs. They are the
separable and the inseparable phrasal verbs.
2. Mastery
“Mastery is a great knowledge about or understanding of a particular thing” Hornby, 2000: 788. The term of mastery in this research refers to the
explanation proposed by Charles Fries 1948: 3. “A person has “learned” a foreign language when he has thus, within
limited vocabulary mastered the sound system that is when he can understand the stream of speech and achieve an understandable production
of it and has, secondly made the structural devices that is the basic arrangement of utterances matters of automatic habit.”
Thus, the term of mastery in this study is related to the second requirement of mastery mastery of ‘structural devices’ as it listed above. It is because English
phrasal verbs are parts of structural devices and they have their own form, meaning, and uses. In other words, those who are considered to have mastered the
structural devices should meet the requirements such as knowing the forms and the rules underlying them, knowing the meaning of those forms, and knowing
how to use those constructions correctly and appropriately. Therefore, according to the explanation above, the students, who are
considered to have mastered the English phrasal verbs, especially the separable and the inseparable phrasal verbs, are those who have known the forms and the
rules of using the separable and the inseparable phrasal verbs, have known the meaning of those forms, and have known how to use those forms correctly.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
