Writer / NIM
NI KOMANG PARWATI / 321417081
Study Program
S1 - PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
Advisor 1 / NIDN
Dr. HANISAH HANAFI, M.Pd. / 0021016504
Advisor 2 / NIDN
Dr. RAHMAN T DAKO, SS., M.Hum / 0007027403
Abstract
Ni Komang Parwati, 2021. Morphological Errors in Students' Argumentative Essay. Department of English Education, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Gorontalo State University. Advisors (1) Dr. Hj. Hanisah Hanafi, M.Pd (2) Dr. Rahman Taufiqrianto Dako, S.S., M.Hum.
Mastering morphology in learning English as a foreign language is absolutely essential to develop students' linguistic abilities. Most students, however, have problems with the use of suffix -s/-es as plural marker of noun and suffix -ed/-d as past tense marker of verb. With regard to this underlying issue, the main emphasis of the current research was lying on the investigation of the types and the sources of morphological error committed by students in their argumentative essays. Through a qualitative research approach applying a descriptive qualitative method, ten students' argumentative essays were chosen purposively collected from students' argumentative essay. In terms of data analysis technique, this research employed an error analysis technique developed by Ellis (1994) to analyze the obtained morphological errors. The present research revealed 33 erroneousness of morphological production consisting of omission of a plural noun, addition of plural noun, and misformation of past verb. These sources of errors were caused by incomplete application of the rule and overgeneralization. These findings indicated that students' morphological competence was still below average despite they have studied Morphology subject and English Grammar subject. Therefore, students' word formation competence needs to be fully developed, this can be done by providing more frequent word formation practice opportunities in the learning process to minimize students errors.
Keywords: Morphological Error, Argumentative Essays, Error Analysis.
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