A Study of Lexical Errors in the Writing of 6th Semester English Education Students

Dimah Azahra; Yunita Lintang Cahyani

Authors

Dimah Azahra Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang
Yunita Lintang Cahyani Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang

Keywords:

Lexical Errors, Semantic, Wriitng

Abstract

Language writing errors are something that often happens. Especially for language learners. In Indonesia, English is a foreign language. This makes language learning feel a little difficult in writing. This research is an analysis of 6th semester English language education students at Muhammadiyah University, Tangerang. In this research, researchers used descriptive method and collecting the data by using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Moreover, the technique that researcher used is observation and documentation study related to writing in finding errors in writing made by students. Students often use online translation tools without double-checking the words. This leads to many lexical errors being generated by online translation tools. There were 15 students who were used as material for analysis this time. The results show that there are four out of seven types of lexical errors in students' writing. These are errors in choosing words, collocation errors, redundancy errors, and spelling errors

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