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- PaperDOAJ — ELT & TESOL1 May 2021
Grammatical Errors Made by Students in Speaking English
Susi Damaiyanti
This study identifies and classifies grammatical errors made by English department students in speaking, with omission being the most common error type. The errors are attributed to internal factors like anxiety and limited linguistic resources, as well as external factors such as an unsupportive environment and stressful teaching. The findings aim to raise students' awareness of using structured English rules.
Original abstract
This study is aimed to reveal the types of grammatical errors made by students in speaking English in the English department of IAIN Takengon. When speaking, students generally did not realize and understand the classification of errors they were making. Thus, it is deemed necessary to identify, classify, and describe the various grammatical errors as an attempt to build their awareness of using structured and standardized English rules. This research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. After analyzing the errors proposed by Dulay, the findings showed that the most common error in students’ grammar is misuse or misplacing of verbs, nouns, conjunctions, pronouns, prepositions, and parts of speech. Based on the error category, students' most common error is omission, followed by overgeneralization, over-regulation, and misordering, completed by other errors such as carelessness. Meanwhile, the causes of grammatical errors were the internal factors; anxiety, limited linguistic resources, and motivation deficiency; the external factors were an unsupportive environment and the stressful teaching and learning process.