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Sanata Dharma University This research will be varying the research’s collection of Sanata Dharma
University’s library. It is also useful in order to help the students in find some information or references for their study.
F. Definition of Terms
The researcher is going to discuss some terms used in the research to avoid misinterpretation. The terms of the research are defined as follows.
1. Error and Mistake
In this research, the term error is understood as what Ellis 2003 stated that error is reflecting gaps in a learner’s knowledge; they occur because the
learner does not know what is correct. Corder 1967 in Ellis Barkhuizen 2005 stated that there are three ways to signify the learner errors; they serve a
pedagogic purpose by showing teachers what learners have learned and what they have not yet mastered, they serve a research purpose by providing evidence about
how languages are learned, and they serve a learning purpose by acting as devices by which learners can discover the rules of the target language.
Based on Ellis 2003, in this research, mistake is reflecting occasional lapses in performance; they occur because, in particular instance, the learner is
unable to perform what he or she knows. Chomsky 1965 as cited by Dulay, Burt, Krashen 1982 states that it is important to distinguish between errors
caused by factors such as fatigue and inattention or performance error, and errors resulting from lack of knowledge of the rules of the language or competence error.
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7 Corder 1967 as cited by Dulay et. al. 1982, states that performance error have
been called “mistake”, while “error” is reserved for the systematic deviations due to the learner’s still developing knowledge of the second language system.
The distinction between performance and competence errors is essential, but it is difficult to determine the nature of a deviation without conducting a
careful analysis. Therefore, Dulay et. al. 1982 states that the term “error” can be used to refer any deviation from a selected norm of language performance,
without considering the characteristics or causes of the deviation might be.
2. Error Analysis
According to Ellis Barkhuizen 2005, analysis meant the process of identifying, describing, and explaining something. Error analysis consists of a set
of procedures for identifying, describing, and explaining learner errors. Corder 1974 in Ellis Barkhuizen 2005 stated that there are five steps in conducting
error analysis; collecting the sample of learner language, identifying the errors, describing the errors, explaining the errors, and evaluating the errors.
The term error analysis in this research refers to the procedures for identifying, describing, and explaining the errors of the seventh semester students
of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University academic year 20072008 in writing their Chapter I of Thesis Writing Research
Proposal. In this research, the error analysis conducted in five steps. They are
collecting twenty five samples of students’ Chapter I of Thesis Writing Research
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8 Proposal, identifying the errors, describing the errors, explaining the errors, and
evaluating the errors. 3.
Thesis Writing Course Thesis Writing Course is one of the courses in English Language
Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University which requires the students to produce a research proposal as the final assignment. It contains the
students’ plan for their thesis. In this proposal, the students have to produce Chapter I Introduction, Chapter II Literature Review, Chapter III Research
Methodology, and references. Writing a proposal of research can be the most crucial and exciting step in
the research process Ary, Jacobs, Razavieh: 1990. In this part, the researchers must demonstrate what they want to find through the research and they have to
persuade others that their researches are worthwhile. Research proposal must be produced before the researchers collect data. Ary et.al. 1990 suggested a
guideline for writing a research proposal. It consist of introduction statement of the problem, review of the literature, and questions andor hypotheses,
methodology subjects, instruments, procedures, analysis of data data organization and statistical procedures, significance of the study implications
and applications, and budget and time schedule budget and time schedule. In this research, the researcher uses documents of Thesis Writing Research
Proposal to be analyzed. The research proposal in this research is research proposal produced by seventh semester students of English Language Education
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9 Study Program of Sanata Dharma University academic year 20072008 in Thesis
Writing Course. The researcher focuses on analyzing Chapter I.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
