ERRORS IN CONSTRUCTING WH-QUESTIONS MADE BY THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK GRAFIKA BINA MEDIA MEDAN

Authors

  • Ivan Miranda Gea Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu PendidikanUniversitas Katolik Santo Thomas
  • Viator Lumban Raja Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu PendidikanUniversitas Katolik Santo Thomas
  • Jontra Jusat Pangaribuan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu PendidikanUniversitas Katolik Santo Thomas

Keywords:

Errors, Error Analysis, Constructing WH-Questions

Abstract

The objectives of the study are to investigate the errors made by the students in constructing WH-Questions and the dominant errors. This research was conducted at SMK Grafika Bina Media Medan to first year students at 2021/2022 academic years. The location was chosen because of the term of time and fund, and also the same research there had never been conducted. Based on the writer’s experience in teaching training practice, he found out that still many students made errors in constructing WH-Questions. Therefore, the writer tries to find the solution to help them. The writer found out that the errors made by the students match with the theory   of types of errors proposed by Dulay, at. al. the total number of errors reach up to 435 errors.Of 18 translation test the students produce 378 sentences, consisting of omission 34 or 17.89%, addition 26 or 13.68%, Misformation 89 or 46.84%, misordering 41 or 21.58%. Of 18 making interrogative sentences test the students produce 378 sentences, consisting of omission 47 or 25.13%, addition 25 or 13.37%, misformation 92 or 49.20%, misordering 23 or 12.30%. Of 18 scattering words test the students produce 189 sentences, consisting of misordering 58. From the 9 items in WH-Questions, the most dominant errors were Whom with a percentage 12.18%.

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Published

2022-09-07

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Gea, I. M. ., Lumban Raja, V. ., & Pangaribuan, J. J. . (2022). ERRORS IN CONSTRUCTING WH-QUESTIONS MADE BY THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK GRAFIKA BINA MEDIA MEDAN. Kairos English Language Teaching Journal, 6(2), 129–146. Retrieved from https://ejournal.ust.ac.id/index.php/KAIROS/article/view/2160

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