ERROR ANALYSIS ON SIMPLE PRESENT SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION OF GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS OF 2013 – 2014 ACADEMIC YEAR IN MTS NEGERI SUKOWONO (ERROR ANALISIS PADA PENYUSUNAN KALIMAT SIMPLE PRESENT SISWA KELAS 8 TAHUN PELAJARAN 2013 – 2014 DI MTs NEGERI SUKOWONO)

Abstract

Error analysis is an activity to reveal errors found in writing and speaking. Every people do some errors in their written and spoken language. These errors are caused by their mother tongue. This research aims not only to investigate how the students do some errors in their English written but also to know what kind of categories errors occur made by the students. The main theory of this study is related to the influence of first language to the target language in the students’ English writing. The subject is on grade eight students of academic years 2013 – 2014 in MTs Negeri Sukowono. This study is conducted using qualitative research in order to know what the error analysis is and what kind of part of it through learning English as foreign language. Data such as participants, questionnaires and interviews are also used to support the analysis of the primary data. The datas show that overgeneralization is dominantly of four types errors occur made by the students in their written English.