STEPS IN DOING ERROR

ANALYSIS

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Fransina Elisabeth Rumfaan 201212501172Gerda Gekai 201212501147

Concept Of Error

Error analysis is an activity to reveal error found in writing and speaking

Richards (1985-96) state that EA is the study of error

made by the second and foreign learners

Steps of error

1. Recognition of error 2. Reconstruction of error

1. Explanation of error

(1967-1974) identified a model for error analysis which included three stages :

Meaning of Recognition

Recognition is a specific item type on which the examinee is required to indicate

which of several underlined parts of a sentence is unacceptable for formal

written English, or to indicate that the sentence contains no “error”. (Harris,

1994).

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Patien : I have trouble with my skin. It’s very sensitive and irritable. Doctor : Take this medicine twice a day. But you should avoid to eat fish.

Rekha : Is your sister in college?Jay : No, She work in the hospital.Rekha : And studies in a Senior Hight School

Example 1

Example 2

EXAMPLE OF RICOGNITION

Meaning of Reconstruction

Error Reconstruction is a comparative process, that is by comparing the original erroneous sentence with the reconstructed

ones.

Example of Riconstruction

IDENTIFICATION OF ERRORS ERRORS CLASSIFICATION RICONTRUCTION OF ERRORLast Sunday, my family andI went holiday to Lido inSukabumi. Trip to thereneeded three hours.My family and I ___ break,and than we eat together.Next we went __ lookaround we. Next my neiceand I went for swiming.Next we need up boat whileenjoyed situation in lake but_____rain, andthan we invalid.Serious we still needenjoyed situation in therebut __ rainis heavy. Next, my familyand I Go to home. 

    tensespelling, tensepreposition,pronoun, spellingspellingtensesentence patternspellingtensetenseprepositiontensetense 

Last Sunday, my family andI went holiday to Lido inSukabumi. Trip to thereneeded three hours.My family and I had break,and then we ate together.Next we went to lookaround us. Next my nieceand I went for swimming.Next we needed up boatwhile enjoyed situation inlake but it was rain, andthen we invalid.Serious we still needed toenjoy situation in there butthe rain was heavy. Next,my family and I went tohome. 

Meaning of Explanation

According of Corder (1981-128) “whereas description of errors is largely a linguistic

activity, explanation is the field of psycholinguistics. It is concerned with

accounting for why and how errors come about.

Example of Explanation

IDENTIFICATION OF ERROR

DEFINITION AND ERROR

CLASSIFICATION

EXPLANATION OF RULE

We put all the equipments on the beach.

NounUnnecessary insertion of

plural marker -s

‘Equipment ‘ is uncountable noun and

does not require the plural marker -s

A large number of people is sick.

VerbWrong combination of

subject and verb.

‘A large number’ refers to more than one person, ie

plural subject, and requires plural verb ‘are’: A large number are sick’.

He is owing me ten dollars.

VerbInappropriate verb

construction

‘Owe’is a stative verb and does not require the-ing

participle.

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