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with tenses, verb agreements, noun phrases, word choice, and some kinds of those things. A research done by Mardijono 2003 showed that from 17 research
proposals written by the English Department students approaching their final stage of study, there were found 32,61 of noun phrase errors, 45 of verb
phrase errors, 53,57 of passive transformations errors. These students‟ lack of
grammar understanding problems indicated that even college students who have learnt English for like about more than eight years still make several errors in their
English writing skill. Whereas, according to Brown 2001, among the four-skill proficiency of English, writing skill tends to require more perfection in
grammatical form. Thereby, based on the facts, problems, and theories stated above, this
study will focus on the analysis of grammatical errors in writing an argumentative essay done by the undergraduate students of English Education Department in one
of state universities in Bandung.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
This study is to address the following question: a.
What kinds of grammatical errors made by the undergraduate students of the English Education Department in one of state universities in Bandung in
writing an argumentative essay?
1.3 Aim of the Study
The aim of this study is to identify what kinds of grammatical errors made by the undergraduate students of the English Education Department in one of state
universities in Bandung in writing an argumentative essay.
1.4 Scope of the Study
The limitation of the study is necessary to make it clearly specified. Meanwhile, this study focuses on the analysis of grammatical errors made by the
Vera Triana Wijaya, 2014 Analisis Kesalahan Tata Bahasa Pada Tulisan Esai Argumentasi Mahasiswa
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undergraduate students of the English Education Department in one of state universities in Bandung in writing an argumentative essay.
1.5 Significance of the Study
a. For the students
This study is expected to be a learning process, reflection, as well as a reference, especially for the undergraduate students of the English
Education Department in one of state universities in Bandung regarding grammatical errors in their argumentative essay, so that the students can
know how to overcome it while improving their written English grammar accuracy in the future.
b. For the lecturersteachers
While this study gives information about students‟ written grammatical errors, then it is expected that the lecturers can give better solutions in ways
of either improving or strengthening the students‟ grammar skill, accuracy,
understanding and knowledge. c.
For the researcher This study is expected to get and to give more information as well as
knowledge about students‟ common written grammatical errors in their argumentative essay, for the researcher plans to be a better teacherlecturer.
1.6 Research Method
