The Error Analysis on the Students of English Department Speaking Scripts

Abstract

Speaking skill is different from writing skill. Writing is a formal skill, so as a writer he or she must be consistently follow the formal procedures. It is different from the speaking skill which doesn‘t so strict in accommodating the formal rules. The Writing of script at Speaking 2 lecture is the focus of this study because the scripts are presented after they prepare for having conversation. Through writing the speaking script the students learn carefully of khow to deliver a conversation purposefully and use the language features correctly even in oral communication. Moreover, in speaking they are able to convey their feeling, emotion and thought. The purposes of this study are to know the kind of grammatical errors made by the students of the English Department in writing their speaking scripts and the sources of students in making error in writing the speaking scripts. The researcher takes the subjects of students of the second semester of the English Department STAIN Salatiga in academic year of 2012/2013 as they took Speaking 2 subject. And to collect the data the researcher used test and documentation. The result of this study explains that the writer analyzed the errors made by the students included the use of grammatical rules, vocabulary choice by implementing error analysis. In addition, the errors are analyzed such as the use of preposition, subject pronoun, object pronoun, verbs and nouns, irregular verbs, tenses, pronouns and possessive case, word choice, writing questions, and conditional sentence. Keterampilan berbicara berbeda dari keterampilan menulis dalam pembelajaran bahasa Inggris. Menulis adalah keterampilan formal, sehingga para penulis harus konsisten untuk mengikuti prosedur resmi dalam menulis. Hal ini berbeda dengan keterampilan berbicara yang tidak mengikuti aturan formal seperti halnya keterampilan berbicara. Fokus dari penelitian ini adalah penulisan naskah speaking di mata kuliah speaking 2 yang mana nantinya naskah dibuat setelah mahasiswa mempersiapkan rancangan untuk percakapan. Dengan menulis naskah untuk berbicara mahasiswa dapat belajar dengan lebih teliti untuk berbicara atau dalam percakapan dalam bahasa Inggris dengan baik dan benar. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui jenis kesalahan pada tata bahasa yang ditulis oleh mahasiswa Jurusan Bahasa Inggris dalam penulisan naskah berbicara dan mengetahui penyebab kesalahan dalam menulis naskah mata kuliah Speaking 2.