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THE ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON
STUDENTS’ GUIDED WRITING

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Dwitiya Ari Nugrahaeni
112008026

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

THE ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON
STUDENTS’ GUIDED WRITING

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Dwitiya Ari Nugrahaeni
112008026

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
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THE ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ON
STUDENTS’ GUIDED WRITING

Dwitiya Ari Nugrahaeni

ABSTRACT
This study examined the sources of errors produced by students in Guided Writing
class. The research question was asked “What are the sources of learners‟ grammatical errors
in the students‟ Guided Writing drafts?”. Fourteen participants from the Guided Writing class
were selected to be the participants of this study. The data were obtained from fourteen students‟
first drafts. The analysis used steps suggested by Corder (1974) in Ellis and Barkhuizen (2005)
which included: (1) collection of a sample of learner language, (2) identification of errors, (3)
description of errors, and (4) explanation of errors. To find out the sources of the grammatical
errors, individual interviews were held. The results of the study revealed that intralingual errors
were more significant than interlingual errors. This result supported several previous findings
found by Richards (1971), AbiSamra (2003), Bataineh (2005), Husada (2007) and Sattayatham
& Honsa (2007). The results also supported several previous finding which viewed that
interference of L1 was not the major factor in student‟s production of errors in L2 whereas the
students‟ competency in acquiring L2 played more significant roles (Richards, 1971 in Darus &
Subramaniam, 2009; Dulay, Burt & Krashen, 1982).
Key words: error, grammatical error, error analysis, sources, interlingual, intralingual.

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