Error Analysis: Types and Causes of EFL Learners’ Errors in Writing Analytical Exposition Text

Eralingua Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra Pub Date : 2023-04-04 DOI:10.26858/eralingua.v7i1.37875

S. R. Mertosono, E. Erniwati

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Abstract. This research looked at errors made by the sophomores majoring in English Education of Tadulako University in writing analytical exposition text. It intends to (1) identify the kinds of errors committed by the students in writing the text, and (2) determine the causes of the errors. This is a-qualitative research, employing 20 students enrolled in Text Type Writing course in the Academic Year 2020. Results of the data analysis indicated that there were 421 cases of errors which were then classified into five major categories: orthographic errors, word forms and grammar (morpho-syntactic errors), errors on words and meanings (lexico-semantic), errors in punctuation and errors in capitalization. These errors are caused by influence of the students’ first language (L1) (interlingual errors), lack of target language knowledge (intralingual errors), and communication strategies. This paper addresses error analysis using Dulay’s 1982 Linguistic Category Taxonomy, which so far lack considerably in scientific literature. Previous studies have almost exclusively focused on using Surface Structure Taxonomy, another taxonomy is therefore needed for investigation. Keywords: Analytical Exposition Text, Error Analysis, Writing Skills

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错误分析:英语学习者在分析性说明文写作中的错误类型及原因

摘要本研究调查了田都乐大学英语教育专业大二学生在撰写分析性说明文时所犯的错误。它的目的是(1)识别学生在写作文本时所犯的错误种类，(2)确定错误的原因。这是一项定性研究，研究对象是20名在2020学年参加文本类型写作课程的学生。数据分析结果表明，共有421例错误，并将其分为五大类:正字法错误、词形语法错误(词形句法错误)、词义错误(词汇语义错误)、标点错误和大写错误。这些错误是由学生的第一语言(母语)的影响(语际错误)、缺乏目的语知识(语内错误)和交际策略造成的。本文利用Dulay 1982年的语言范畴分类法进行错误分析，该分类法迄今在科学文献中相当缺乏。以往的研究几乎都集中在表面结构分类上，因此需要另一种分类方法进行研究。关键词:分析性论述文本，错误分析，写作技巧

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