Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 300-305
German Grammatical Errors by 2nd Semester Students in Essay Writing
Ahmad Sahat Perdamean, Tanti Kurnia Sari, Siti Kudriyah
Faculty of Language and Arts, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Jalan Willem Iskandar Pasar V, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Ahmad Sahat Perdamean (ahmadsahat@unimed.ac.id)
ABSTRACT
This study aims to describe errors, causes of errors, and grammatical materials that must be comprehended by 2nd semester students; all this is meant to make them free from German grammatical mistakes when they make essays. This research is qualitative involving 136 students as research subjects who were selected from four German study programs. The results show that students made many errors in their writing production amounting to 19 types of errors in vocabularies and grammar. It is recommended that students enrich vocabularies (deutsche Vokabeln) and improve the mastery of German grammar (Structuren) in order they are able to write German language well.
Key words: Error analysis, grammatical error, composition, German grammar.
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