AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS MADE BY THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OFBUNG HATTA UNIVERSITYIN TELLING DAILYACTIVITIES

Abstrak

The purpose of this research was to describe the types of grammatical errors made by the first year students of English Department of Bung Hatta University in telling daily activities orally. The design was descriptive research. The population was the first year students of English Department at Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Bung Hatta University in academic year 2012/2013. The researcher used simple random sampling technique. The total number of sample members was 30 students. The instrument was speaking test in the form of telling daily activities. The result of the data analysis showed that students made grammatical errors in telling daily activities orally. It was proved that 11 students(36.66%) made grammatical errors in using plural form, 7 students(23.33%)made grammatical errors in using pronoun, 16 students(53.33%)made grammatical errors in addition of article,8 students(26.66%) made grammatical errors in using verb form, 17 students(56.66%)made grammatical errors in using preposition,24 students(80%)made grammatical errors in using subject verb agreement and 1 student(3.33%) made grammatical errors in using tense.Finally, the students are expected to practice much harder in speaking. Besides, the researcher also gives suggestion to the lecturers to pay more attention to the students’ grammatical errors in speaking class. Furthermore, the researcher suggests to the other researchers to find out other forms of grammatical errors made by the students in speaking.

Key words: grammatical errors, telling daily activities, speaking.