Yeni Arif Rahman
Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika

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Collocation Errors In Indonesian Efl Learners’ Composition Yeni Arif Rahman
Journal of English Language Learning Vol 5, No 2 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Majalengka

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31949/jell.v5i2.3686

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Collocation errors are often made by Indonesian EFL learners in essays. The error, which is part of learning process, stems from inter and intra language. The study aims to identify and quantify the collocation error in students’ composition. The data were 20 argumentative essays collected from students’ final paper work of universitas Bina Sarana Informatika majoring in English study. The study employs collocation identification procedure to identify grammatical and lexical collocation. The result was then compared with the standard collocation to produce standard and non-standard (error) collocations. The result shows that 25 % or 14 out of 55 grammatical collocation contain error while lexical collocations error is dominated by verb + noun lexical collocation which take  10 % of total amount of lexical collocations in use and in total there are 23 errors of 147 collocation in use or 15 % lexical collocation error. From the result, it can be inferred that lexical collocation error appear more frequently than grammatical collocation error.
ASSESSING PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS’ COMPOSITION BY USING CONTENT ANALYSIS Yeni Arif Rahman
Journal of English Language Learning Vol 5, No 1 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Majalengka

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31949/jell.v5i1.3229

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Assesing students’ compositions is always a main concern of teachers. By assessing them, teachers know whether the goal of the lesson has been met. The study aims to assess paragraph development of Indonesian students’ composition. The data were 30 paragraphs collected from 10 compositions of university students from Indonesia. The study employs content analysis procedure to analyze four elements of effective paragraph: topic sentence, adequate development, unity, and coherence. The result shows that all 30 samples of paragraph contains topic sentences at the beginning of the paragraph with 14 paragraph (48%) has adequate development, 18 of them (60%) have unity in paragraph, and 16 (54 %) paragraphs contains coherence. It can be inferred that the paragraphs were partially developed so they need further polishing and development