ELT-Lectura
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): ELT-Lectura Studies and Perspective in English Language Teaching

An Error Analysis of Using Punctuations in Narrative Texts

Mukhammad Isnaeni (Universitas Indonesia)
Frans Asisi Datang (Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Mar 2021

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to find out whether the students commit punctuation errors in their narrative writing or not and to identify the types of errors which are made by the students in terms of Surface Strategy Taxonomy. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The instrument used for collecting the data is writing task in narrative text, consisting of recognition and production task. The data was, then, analyzed based on procedures used in error analysis of the descriptive approach. The results show that a number of students committed erroneous data either in recognition or production task on the use of punctuation marks in terms of omission, addition, substitution, and misplacement.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELT-Lectura

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT-Lectura is a biannual publication journal published in the months of February and August; it presents articles on English Language Teaching (ELT), whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The Journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners ...