EFL LEARNER’S ERROR IN USING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXTS

ZAKARIA, MUHAMMAD (2018) EFL LEARNER’S ERROR IN USING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXTS. Diploma thesis, UNIVERSITAS HAMZANWADI.

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Abstract

The aims of this study were to identify the kinds of error in writing narrative text and to identify the factors of the EFL learners‟ errors in writing narrative text. This research used a descriptive qualitative research. The present researcher used a writing test in the form of narrative text, questionaire, and interview as guide the instruments in collecting the data. Those were given to 34 EFL learners of Hamzanwadi University. The results of the data analysis, showed that 4 students made omission error, 3 students made addition error, 1 student made miss-information error and 7 students made mis-ordering error. thus, the total number of errors made by the students was 15. Furthermore, the present researcher found the factors of the students‟ errors in writing narrative text that were lack vocabulary and grammar, It can be concluded that the students didn‟t really apply their knowledge which mean that they did not put control over grammar. Keywords: errors, past tense, narrative text

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