ERRORS MADE BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS IN USING PUNCTUATION MARKS

Authors

  • Meta Kartika Wati IAIN Tulungagung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21274/ls.2014.6.1.69-77

Keywords:

errors, punctuation marks, writing essay

Abstract

This study aims to he students’ errors in using punctuation marks in writing essay. This study conducted in the third semester students at IAIN Tulungagung academic year 2013/2014. The researcher analyzed the students errors in using punctuation marks which influences to the grammatical and semantic  function. The research problems in this study are what are the errors made by the third semester students at IAIN Tulungagung in using punctuation marks in writing essay and what are the dominant  errors made by the third semester students at IAIN Tulungagung in using punctuation marks in writing essay. The researcher used descriptive quantitative method in this study, and found seven kinds of punctuation marks that occurred as the errors. They are comma, period, colon, semicolon, exclamation marks, question marks, and apostrophe. Those errors were classified based on Dulay’s  surface strategy taxonomy  (omission, addition, misformation, and misordering).

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Bram, Barli 1995. Write Well Improving Writing Skills. Cet.1. Yogyakarta: Kanisius

Brown, H. Douglas. 2000. Principles of Language Teaching: Fourth Edition. California: Longman

Dulay, et al. 1982. Language Two. England: Oxford University Press.

Hansen, Barbara, and McDaniel, Rebecca.1998. Simplified Sentence Skills. Chicago: NTC Publishing Group

Harmer, Jeremy. 2004. How to teach Writing. Longman: Pearson Education Limited

Lado, Robert. 1974. Error analysis Perspectives on Second language Acquisition. Canada: University of Michigan

Olson, Judith. F. 2006. Grammar Essential: Third Edition. New York: Learning Express

Oshima, Alice and Hogue, Ann. 1983. Writing Academic English a Writing and a Sentence Structure Work Book for International Students. New York: Addison-Weshley publishing CO

Suharsimi, Arykunto. 1998. Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktek. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.

Nurhayanti, Titik. 2013. Error Analysis of using Punctuation in Englsih Text. Gorontalo University. Kim.ung.ac.id/index.php/…/article/…/327…downloaded at January, 26th 2014

Setiawan, Budi. 2011. The Analysis of Punctuation Errors in the Free writing of The Sixth Semester Students of English Department of State Polytechnic of Surabaya. Didilib.polrsri.ac.id/ghl.php?...downloaded at January, 26th 2014.

Downloads

Published

2014-06-09

How to Cite

Wati, M. K. (2014). ERRORS MADE BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS IN USING PUNCTUATION MARKS. Jurnal Bahasa Lingua Scientia, 6(1), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.21274/ls.2014.6.1.69-77

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).