Interlingual Transfer Sources of Error

13 strategies of communication and assimilation and teacher-induced errors. as teacher of English as a foreign language, we should improve the way we teach to reduce the errors which are always made by the learners. Further, it is necessary to state that although errors are bad things in learning English as a foreign language, error analysis is advantageous for both learners and teachers. For learners, error analysis is needed to show them in what aspect in grammar which is difficult for them, whereas for teachers, it is required to evaluated themselves weather they are successful or not in teaching. Thus, error analysis should be neglected in foreign language teaching. Richards stated that error analysis is the study of errors made by the second and foreign language learners. Another concept of error analysis is given by Brown . He defined error analysis as the process to observe, analyze, and classify the deviations of the rules of the second language and then to reveal the system operated by learner. It seems this concept is the same as the one proposed by Crystal error analysis is a technique for identifying, classifying and systemically interpreting the unacceptable forms produced by someone learning a foreign language, using any of the principles and procedures provided by linguistics. In learning process of foreign language, students use English as a language in their daily activity of communication. Most of students are often difficult to understand or comprehend and always do many errors in using English. According to Brown, “The fact that the learners do make error and that these error can be observed, analyzed and classified to reveal something of the system operating within the learner, led to a surge of the study of learners’ errors, called error analysis.” 10 10 Douglas Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. New York: Addision Wesley Longman Inc, 2000. p.218 14 It means that error analysis made by the students and that these errors can be observed, analyzed and classified to reveal the system operating within the learner in order to students are easy of the study of learners’ errors. Furthermore, based on Corders’ statement, “Error analysis is its function in guiding the remedial action we must take to correct an unsatisfactory state of affairs for learner or teacher.” 11 It can be seen that the function of error analysis is for investigating in the specification and planning of remedial action to correct an unsatisfactory state of affairs for learner or teacher. James explains , “Error analysis is the process of determining the incidence, nature, causes and consequences of unsuccessful language” 12 it means that error analysis is a process of discovering the fact of something happens and causes of unsuccessful language. Based on the definition above, the writer could see that error analysis is a process of the remedial action which includes to observed, analyze and classify students’ error from the incidence, nature, causes of unsuccessful language.

6. Methodology of Error Analysis

The methodologies of error analysis is steps which used by the writer to conduct the research successful. In his book, Fisiak gives the steps of methodology of error analysis, they are : a. Collection of data b. Identification of errors c. Classification into error types d. Statements of relative frequency of error types e. Identification of the areas of difficulty in the target language f. Therapy 13 11 S.P. Corder. Op. Cit, p.67 12 Carl James. Error in Language Learning and Use England: Addision Wesley Longman Limited 1998, p.1 13 Jacek Fisiak. Op. Cit, p.222