Jurnal Sains Student Research
Vol. 4 No. 4 (2026): Agustus: Jurnal Sains Student Research

An Analysis of Indonesian Language Interference in English Writing Through Contrastive Error Analysis

Vivi Nurul Ilmi (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)
Maimunah Apriani Ritonga (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)
Sabila Khoiroh Siregar (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)
Teguh Amanda Batubara (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)
Syahrul Ramadhan (Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara)



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Publish Date
15 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study investigated Indonesian language interference in students’ English writing through the use of Contrastive Error Analysis. The study aimed to identify the forms of Indonesian language interference, analyze its influence on students’ writing, and describe the types of errors found in the data. A descriptive qualitative research design was employed, and the data consisted of 15 English sentences collected from students’ written assignments. The data were analyzed using Error Analysis and Contrastive Analysis procedures to identify and explain the errors. The findings revealed four types of errors: misformation, omission, misordering, and addition. Misformation was the most dominant error type, with 8 occurrences, followed by omission (4), misordering (2), and addition (1). The analysis also showed that intralingual errors (10 occurrences) were more frequent than interlingual errors (5 occurrences). The study concludes that students’ writing errors were influenced by both Indonesian language interference and incomplete mastery of English grammar, although intralingual factors were more dominant.

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