ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TENSES ERRORS

  • Eko Setiawan
  • M. Fadhly Farhy Abbas
Keywords: Error, Grammar, English Tenses

Abstract

At The First Semester of English Students’ Department at Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education LancangKuning University, the researcher found that the students had a problem in
had grammar error in writing. That was why researcher conducted this research that aimed
toanalyze the English errors faced by the first semester of English Students Department at
Faculty of Teachers Training and EducationLancangKuning University.This research was
Descriptive Quantitative Research. The participants of the research were 36 students. In
collecting the data in this research, the researcher used test and interview as the instrument. The
result of data showed that the students had 176 errors in verb tenses, 8 errors in to be, 5 errors in
correct sentence and 9 in adverb of time with the percentage were 31,38 % in true or false
question and 27,5 % in multiple choice test. In conclusion, The students had a lot of errors in
applied verb tense, adverb of time, correct sentence, and to be.

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Published
2018-02-20
How to Cite
Setiawan, E., & Abbas, M. F. F. (2018). ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TENSES ERRORS. ELT-Lectura, 5(1), 15-18. https://doi.org/10.31849/elt-lectura.v5i1.762
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