Error Analysis

Error Classifying (types of error :

ommision, addition, misformation
and misordering)
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According to Corder (1973) and Brown based on
the surface strategy taxonomy

1. Omission
2. Addition
3. Selection
4. Misordering
 1. Omission (Penghilangan)
EXAMPLE
Tidak adanya ‘head noun’ dalam frasa benda (omission of head-noun):
The secretary can keep the meeting for the next meeting.→ The secretary can keep the
meeting minutes for the next meeting.

Tidak adanya kata kerja utama dalam kalimat (omission of main verb):
It also a kind of limited tax.→ It is also a kind of limited tax.

Tidak adanya subyek kalimat (omission of subject):

In the study developed categories of needs.→ In the study he developed categories of
needs.

Tidak adanya kata depan (omission of preposition):

… to take care of the documents manager.→ … to take care of the documents of manager

Tidak ada kesesuaian antara subyek dan kata kerja utamanya (S-V agreement):

She help the manager for his jobs.→ She helps the manager for his jobs.

Tidak adanya kesesuaian antara kata sandang dan kata benda (Article-Noun agreement):
The secretary should be able to write a letters well.→ The secretary should be able to write
a letter well.
 2. Addition (Penambahan)
Addition errors are the opposite of omission
errors. They are characterized by the presence
of an item, which must not be present in a
well-formed utterance.
EXAMPLE
I am study English
1) Double Marking
• The teacher did not arrived on time.
2) Regularization
• mans : men ( plural from man )
• buyed : bought ( past tense from buy )
3) Simple Addition
• I am is a student
• You can to swim in the swimming pool anytime.
 3. Misformation (Salah Formasi)
/Selection
EXAMPLE
"I know the city of Jakarta there the clime is hot"
"there" should be "where" and "clime" should be "weather".

These errors are the result of the lack of English vocabulary, and the
wrong use of the meanings provided by the dictionary.
1) Regularization Errors
the verb run does not become runned, but ran
the noun sheep is also sheep in plural, not sheeps.
2) Archi-forms
that tables, these book, those table
It should be : that table, these books, those tables
3) Alternating Form
I see her yesterday >> I saw her yesterday
 4. Misordering (salah susunan)

Misordering errors are characterized by the incorrect

placement of a morpheme of group of morphemes in
an utterance.
EXAMPLE
“I live in country beautiful of south america"
The correct syntactical order was "… in the beautiful
country of South America".
Do you know who is she? >> Do you know who she is?
What you are thinking about? >> What are you thinking
about?
 Error that may cause Native
misinterpret
1. Global Error
Lexical : cattled / sheep
Syntax : I am interesting in / I am interested in
Morphology : I am lack of ... / I lack of ...

2. Local Error
Lexical : turned off the door/ Close the door
Syntax : He look at me/ He looks at me
Morphology : They enjoyed highly her cooking... /
They highly enjoyed her cooking
 Point of View Appropriateness
1. Referential
2. Register errors
3. Social
4. Textual errors
 Another Type of Error
• Over – Generalization
• Ignorance of rules restrictions
• Incomplete application of rules
• False Concept hypothesized
Book page 32-33