ERIC Number: EJ1408782
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-2087-9628
EISSN: EISSN-2622-4224
English Education Students' Thesis Abstracts Error Analysis: An EFL Learners' Corpora Study
Parlindungan Pardede; Ninuk Lustyantie; Ifan Iskandar
Journal of English Teaching, v9 n3 p361-375 2023
Over the last decades, applied linguistics and language teaching/learning have investigated language errors committed by learners for both diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Initially, error analysis was conducted manually and involved a limited number of corpus. However, computer software advancement has facilitated much larger amounts of data analysis. This study aimed at analyzing the errors identified in undergraduate thesis abstracts written by 28 students of an English Education study program in Jakarta. Data were analyzed using UAM Corpus Tool. The results show that, successively, the types of errors most frequently committed in the corpus are: (1) grammatical errors; (2) phrasing errors; and (3) punctuation errors; while the rarest errors are pragmatic errors and lexical errors. These findings indicate that the students need to improve their mastery of grammatical rules, ability to prevent their first language interference, and skills to use correct punctuation to empower them to write more effective thesis abstracts.
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Mastery Learning, Undergraduate Students, Theses, Teacher Education Programs, Documentation, Foreign Countries, Punctuation, Interference (Language), Writing (Composition)
Journal of English Teaching. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP) UKI, Jalan Mayjen Sutoyo No. 2, Cawang, Jakarta, Timur, 13630, Indonesia. Tel:+62-21-8092425 ext. 310, 315; e-mail: jet@uki.ac.id; Web site: http://ejournal.uki.ac.id/index.php/jet
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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