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Vol 3 No 1 (2022): April 2022

AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY ESSAY: CASE IN FIFTH SEMESTER OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS AT STKIP AL MAKSUM

Yunita Sari Adelina (STKIP Al Maksum)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2022

Abstract

This research tells about an error analysis in autobiography essay particularly focus on simple past tense. The objective of this research is to find the types of errors and the dominant factor of the errors. This research involved the qualitative method. The participant of this research is English Department students, fifth semester at STKIP Al Maksum. There were the errors of the autobiography essay writing: omission 2 or 20%, addition 2 or 20%, misinformation 4 or 40%, and misordering 2 or 20%. The dominant factor that influences the use of the simple past tense in autobiography essay is the interference of the mother tongue or mother tongue and the minor factor is over-generalization.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jellas

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

jurnal peer-review yang diterbitkan oleh Program Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, STKIP Al Maksum Langkat. Jurnal ini terbit rutin dua kali setahun pada bulan April dan Desember. Jurnal ini akan menerima artikel yang tidak diterbitkan oleh jurnal lain. Ruang lingkup jurnal berfokus pada pendidikan bahasa ...