interference. We know that the form of Indonesia singular and plural is different from English form. Mostly, Indonesia plural form does not change form its
singular form. For instance of this error is:
Student 2: “Nine classroom.” It should be “nine classrooms”. The student did not put –s
after noun “classroom”. Total of students‟ errors in singular-plural is 34, and then
the grand total of errors occured is 588. The data can be percentage by the formula as follow:
P = × 100 P = × 100 = 5.4
k.
Article
Article is determiner with its basic role is to mark noun phrases as either definite or indefinite. The definite and indefinite article is customary to recognize
a zero article. Students did not use the article such as a, an, and the correctly. One of the exa
mple of students‟ error is:
Student 3: “I am student of MTs N SA Balaraja.” She did not put an indefinite article of a
in the sentence. It should be “I am a student of MTs N SA Balaraja” The students
still confused to using aan as indefinite article and the as definite article. It is true that there is no pattern of using a, an, and the in Indonesian Language. That is
why most students made errors in using this aspect. Sometimes, they thought that English is the same as Indonesian Language.
Total of stud ents‟ errors in word order is 23, and then the grand total of
errors occured is 588. The data can be percentage by the formula as follow: P = × 100
P = × 100 = 3.9
l. Incomplete sentence
Incomplete sentences can be problem for young writers. An incomplete sentence is any word or group of words that creates the subject of a sentence, but
fails to create a predicate. For instance of this error is:
Student 9: “My school big and clean.” It should be “My school is big and clean”. This
sentence fails of predicate. It can becaused of overgeneralization. Total of students‟ errors in incomplete sentence is 22, and then the grand total of errors
occured is 588. The data can be percentage by the formula as follow: P = × 100 P =
× 100 = 3.7
m. Meaning not Clear
It means that words in the sentence is not having a clear meaning. It is something that is not clear and therefore capable of being undeerstood in more
than one way. For example of this error is: Student 8:
“If computer education, I’ll go to computer laboratory.” This error happens
because of overgenerealization intralingual transfer and their lack of knowledge. Total of students‟ errors in this case is 14, and then the grand total of errors
occured is 588. The data can be percentage by the formula as follow: P = × 100 P =
× 100 = 2.4
n. Run-on Sentence
Run on sentence is the students did not make a good sentence. A run on sentence occurs when two sentences are incorrectly connected. The end of
sentence occurs when two sentences are incorrectly connected. The end of one sentence and the beginning of the next sentence are not properly marked by a
period and a capital letter or by a semicolon. Perhaps, the students did not realize that two sentences are connected, so they write a simple sentence instread of
writing it in the complex sentence. In this case, the students made errors because they do not pay attention to
the writing, whereas period and a capital letter or a semicolon is important to make the complete sentence. They did not realize that written English is different
from spoken language. The example of this case is:
