Asfi Aniuranti Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto Indonesia
Asfi Aniuranti is a lecturer at the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto in Central Java, Indonesia. She took her undergraduate program (ELT Department) at Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and master program (Linguistics Department) at Universitas Gadjah Mada. She has been written several books such as ‘British vs American English’ (2016), ‘Buku Pintar Pelajaran 5 in 1’ (2017), and ‘English for Nursing Jilid II’ (2018). Her research interest includes TEFL and linguistics. Her articles published are Digital Teaching Tools in 21st Century EFL Classroom: Are Our Teachers Ready? (2018), Using ‘Because You Loved Me’ Song to Teach Past Simple in EFL Classrooms (2019), and Exploring Register Variation in Korean Popular Music (K-Pop) (2019).
Yasinta Wulandari Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto Indonesia
Yasinta Wulandari is a lecturer in English Language Teaching Department (ELT), Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia. She took her undergraduate program in ELT Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and graduate program in Applied Linguistics Department of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. Her research interest is in TEFL.
M.Happy Nur Tsani Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto Indonesia
M. Happy Nur Tsani is a lecturer in English Language Teaching Department (ELT), Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia. He took his undergraduate program in ELT Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and graduate program in English Language Teaching (ELT) Department of Universitas Negeri Surabaya. His research interest is in TEFL.
An Investigation of Errors Committed by the Students of English Language Teaching Department in Writing Narrative Text
Asfi Aniuranti, Yasinta Wulandari, M.Happy Nur Tsani
Abstract
In the EFL context, an error analysis is a paramount study. This type of research might bring many advantages to the success of the teaching and learning process itself. This study investigates the types and causes of student errors in writing a narrative text. Furthermore, this research provides several suggestions for decreasing the occurrence of the errors. The research method employed was descriptive qualitative, and the researchers completed this study through several phases called data gathering, data analysis, and data presentation. The data analysis reveals several significant findings. First, there are six types of errors that emerged called the use of tenses, the use of articles, the use of relative pronouns, mistyping, confusing words, and agreement of singular/plural nouns. Second, the interlingual transfer is the most significant factor causing errors. Third, decreasing the errors might be done by paying more attention to global errors, the errors with high frequency, the most influential error type, and the most problematic topic. In this present study, the kind of error requiring more attention is English tenses, and one of the suggested solutions for teaching tenses well is using attractive teaching media such as English songs. Applying effective ways of teaching is an alternative to reduce student errors.