AN ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERROR IN USING CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION IN WRITING COMPOUND SENTENCE AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY
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Abstract
The purpose of this research was to find out the third year students’ grammatical error in using correlative conjunction in writing compound sentence at English Department of Bung Hatta University. The design of this research was descriptive. The population members of this research was 54 students. The researcher used total sampling technique in taking the sample. The members of population were taught by using the same curriculum, syllabus, material, and lecturer in structure subject. The result of this study showed that there were 4 (7%) errors in omission of plurality, 43 (79%) errors in omission of s/es as the third singular person, 50 (92%) errors in omission of be, 7 (13%) errors in omission of article, 5 (9%) errors in addition of suffix –ed on irregular verb, 20 (37%) errors in addition of –be before verb, 3 (5%) errors in addition of –be before verb, 30 (55%) errors in misformation of there ‘be’, 44 (81%) errors in misordering of modal auxiliary, 0 (0%) errors in misordering of adjective made by the students. The researcher found that most errors made by the students were omission. Based on the result of the research, the lecturers are suggested to give to explain more about compound sentence using correlative conjunction, to pay more attention in omission, addition, misformation and misordering errors made by the students. The students are expected to study harder and learn more about the form of compound sentence and correlative conjunction.
Key words: Grammatical error, correlative conjunction, compound sentence