AN ANALYSIS OF ERRORS ON THE USING SIMPLE PAST IN WRITING A NARRATIVE TEXT

Authors

  • Umar Umar STKIP Paracendekia NW Sumbawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31764/paedagoria.v6i2.170

Keywords:

Error analysis, past tense, writing narrative text

Abstract

This study aimed to examine errors on past tense in a writing a narrative text of by 12 participants. The participants
were second semester students of English Education Department of STKIP Paracendekia NW Sumbawa in the
academic year 2014/2015. This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The instrument used for this study
was participants’ written narrative texts. The results of the study show that there were errors committed by the
participants on using past tense. All of the errors on using past tense in the written narrative texts was identified and
classified; these were addition, omission, and misformation.These aspects of writing in English pose the most difficult
problems to participants. This study has shed light on the manner in which students internalize the rules of the target
language, which is English. Such an insight into language learning problems is useful to lecturers because it provides
information on common trouble-spots in language learning which can be used in the preparation of effective teaching
materials.

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Published

2018-02-04

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2015): September

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