Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 8, No 3 (2019)

An Analysis of Second Semester English Department Students of UNP at Subject-Verb Agreement in their Paragraph Writing Assignments

Muhammad Wira Rizki (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Don Narius (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Witri Oktavia (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Aug 2019

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the students’ subject-verb agreement accuracy in the paragraph writing assignments.  This research is descriptive quantitative research. The population in this research is the first year, second semester of 2018 English Department students of Universitas Negeri Padang. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. There are 40 students that become the sample of the research. In this research, the data was collected from the students and lecturers who taught paragraph writing class. Based on the findings and discussion about the students’ subject-verb agreement, the researcher found that Subject-Verb Agreement accuracy of second semester English Department students in Paragraph Writing course at Universitas Negeri Padang is 37,4%, which is categorized as Fail. The sequence of the types of errors from the highest to the lowest made by the students was omission, misformation, addition, and misordering.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...