Grammatical Errors found In Student Of English department’s Essay

CHAPTERI
INTRODUCTION

1.1. Backgroundof theStudy
Manisgregariuoscreature,whichmeansthathe

likestolivetogetherwith

otherhumanssinceitishisnature.Everyindividualhastheirowninterestor
needstosatisfy

themselvesandthey

withotherpeoplebecausethey
amongthemifthey

canachieveitifthey

areabletoliveinease

needoneanother.Peacefulnesscanbecreated

haveagoodcommunication.Eachtimediscussingabout

communication, languageis themostessentialtoolthatwilldeterminewhatkind of
conditiontheywillhave.
Humanisthehighestcreationamong

othersandthegoodthingabout

humanishiscreativity.Itisproventhroughthemediatheyapplytotransferevery
ideatheyhaveintheirmindandshareittootherssobetterlifeisnotadream
anymorebutitwillbecomereality.Allthis

canbeimplementedunless

agood

communication ispartof principle in theirlife. Communication isan activitydone
toexpresseverythingwhichappearswithinhumanmindand
ofitsmessage,languageis

togetthereal

usedtoexpressordeliverevery

willbenomissunderstandingbetweenspeakerandhearer.“Languageis

meaning
ideaso,there

theability

to

acquire and use complex systems ofcommunication, particularly thehuman
abilitytodoso,and alanguageisanyspecificexampleofsucha
system”(https://en.wikipedia.org). Meanwhile, according to Owen (2008:1):
“Languagecanbedefinedasasociallysharedcombinationsofthosesymbols

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andrulegovernedcombinationsofthosesymbols.”Itisobviousnow,language
hasasystem,whichmeansthatithasbeenformulatedandithasapatternof
whichmanhastofollowso,peoplecancomprehendhismessage.Speakingof
language,therearemany

elementsin

conceivesmeaning.Study

itsothateverywrittenorspokenexpression

elaboratesallpartswhichinvolveintheprocessof

languageformation islinguistics.
Everybodyrealizes,wordswillmeannothingifthey

ignorethegoverned

combinationlanguageownsbecauseitisthecentralpointofcommunication.As
beenunderstood

thatlanguageis

useintheirdaily

ithas

likeabridgetoshareinformation

thatman

activity.Towidenthecomprehensionaboutlinguistics,itis

importanttolookwhatlinguist’sdefinition.“Linguisticsis
including

thesounds,

words,

thescienceof
and

language,
grammar

rules”(http://ielanguages.com).Languageisaproductofhumancreativity
linguistics

is

afieldtoanalyzeswhatelements

communicating.Every

and

aretakenwhenhestarts

elementfoundininteractionthathedoeseveryday

is

elucidatedin linguistics subfields.
Pronunciationand

compositionofwordsconstitutethefundamentalof

interaction.Pronunciationconcernstoarticulation,intonationwhilecomposition is an
arrangment of words used to deliver meaningful statement, these are subfields of
linguistics talking about. There are seven (7) main topics in linguistics,
namely:Phonetics,

Phonogy,

Morphology,

Syntax,

Discourse

Analysis,Pragmatics,and Semantics.Ontheother words,it can bestatedthat language
can be calleda languagebecauseithasbeen passed thatphases.

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Relatingtothetitleofthis

thesis,thewriterisgoingtogivedetail

explanationofonesubfield,whichissyntax.“Syntax
andprocesses

bywhichsentences

Chomsky(1971:45).

areconstructed

isthestudyoftheprinciples

inparticular

Sincelanguageisagroupofsentenceswhichmanacquires

fromhisenvironmentandappliesitasconnectingequipmenttobuildagood
life,writer(speaker)

languages”

mustbe

social

awareofhissentencesbecausereader

(hearer)

willbeconfusedormissunderstoodifheneglectstheprinciplesconstructing

a

sentenceandifithappens,themessagewillneverbeexcutedasitisexpected. Thismistake
iscalled grammatical error.
There isaruleorformationin making sentence that mustbefollowed so
thatcommunicationcanrunperfectly,thenameofitsregulationinlanguageis
grammar.Unfortunately,itisnoteasy

tomake

correctsentencesbasedon

grammar,moreoverit isnothisnative language.Therearepartsofspeechin English,
such

as:noun,

verb,

conjunction,interjection,

adjective,
and

adverb,

pronoun,

preposition,

sometimesnumerical,articleordeterminer

(https://en.wikipedia.org). This speechhas its ownfunction insentenceand there
aremany

kindsofsentencepeoplewriteorutterwhenthey

dointeraction.Inthis

case,languageusermustrecognizewhatsentencehewouldliketoexpressin
ordertoplaceeachspeechontherightposition,choosetheappropriatewords,

andusecomprehensivesentencetoavoidapplying

differentwordsbuthasthe

samemeaning. Even thoughithas beenknownyetEnglish learners stillmake mistakes
when theytryto speak their mind in English.

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Basedontheexplanation

above,thewriterwill

errorsfoundinstudentsofEnglishDepartment’s

analyzesomegrammatical
essay.Englishisnotsomething

newforIndonesiastudentsyetitisstilldifficultforsomeofthemtospeakor
writegrammatically.Thisthesiswillconvey

whatkindsofgrammaticalerrorare

donebyEnglishDepartment’s Studentsand whatkindsofmistake theydoin their
essaysand the last, what the effectsof it.

1.2. Problemsof theStudy
Question research of thethesisareasfollowed:
1. What are types of grammatical error found in Students of English
Department’sEssay?
2. WhatisthemostdominantofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsof
English Department’sEssay?
3. WhatistheimpactofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish
Department’sEssay?

1.3. Objectivesof theStudy
In accordancewithproblems of thestudy,theseareobjectives of thestudy
which aregoingto achieve:
1. TofindoutthetypesofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish
Department’sEssay.
2. To find out the mostdominant typeofgrammatical error found in Students of
English Department’sEssay.

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3. TodescribetheimpactofgrammaticalerrorfoundinStudentsofEnglish
Department’sEssay.

1.4.Scopeof theStudy
Languageiscreatedby

humanbecausethey

really

communicating.Togettheaimofcommunicating,therearemany
concerned, and this rule is called

needitfor

rulesthatmust

be

grammar. Each timeanalyzing about

grammar,itwilltakea long time,so thewriterhasdecided to limit the analysis.
Relatingtothethesis,thewriteronlyspotlightsgrammaticalerrorson:Subject

Verb

Agreement, Singular Plural, To Infinitive, Passive Voice, Forms of Adjective,
Redundancy,

Preposition,

ParallelStructure,

andMisplaced

Word.

Sinceananalysisneedsanobjectasanalysismaterial,thewriterhaschosen20
students’essayofEnglishDepartment,

UniversityofSumateraUtaraasobjectof

thestudy. There arenine typesofgrammatical error as focusof thisthesisbecause
afterselectingandfinallychoosingitasobjectoftheanalysis,thewriterhas

found

that

mostofthemistakeareonthosenine types.

1.5. Significanceof theStudy
Grammaticalerroristitleofthis analysis.Itcanbesurethatthisisnot something
newforstudents,especially,thestudentsofEnglishDepartmentof
SumateraUtaraUniversity. Thewriter isinterested in analyzing thistopicbecause
many

ofstudentswholearnoruseEnglishastheirsecondlanguagestillmakethe

samemistakes.Bybringingitasmainpointoftheanalysis,thewriterhopesthat

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itwillhelpEnglishlearnerstounderstandmoreandmay applytherightgrammar when
theydo interactionin English.

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