Abstract
This study aimed to describes the form of errors of using letters that found in Indonesian paper made by Thai students. The data in this study were words and sentences that contained errors. The research is a qualitative research using content analysis method. This research used model data analysis of James, through four steps, first Elicitation and Registration, second Error Identification, third categorizing the errors and the last Diagnosis. The results show that there are 118 errors of using letters: 1) capital letters there are 54 or48% errors, 2) italic there are 23 or 19% errors, and 3) bold there are 35 or 35% errors. The error is caused by ignorance of rule restriction of intralingual factor was 118 or 100% errors. However, the results of the study showed that students have not mastered or understand the structure of Indonesian Language. The results of this study can be used to develop the techniques of teaching Indonesian structure, especially in the field of use letters so; students could improve the ability of using Indonesian language that will be poured into academic writing properly and correctly. Keyword : error analysis, the use of letters, Indonesian language
Highlights
Language is a verbal expression that can be understood among human being
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The words and sentences that contain errors in the use of spelling are the data of this study
The data came from 10 papers of Thai students from various majors studying in Jakarta
Summary
Language is a verbal expression that can be understood among human being. This opinion is related to Choudhury (2014:1) who stated that, Language is a means of expression. Language can be defined as verbal, physical, biologically innate, and a basic form of communication Based on this view, language is a verbal expressions, emotional and gesture of communication tool used by humans in community. Reid (in Hasanah, 2017: 143) stated, “Writing is a practical form of communication; writing is an educational process for both the writer and the reader, in which the writer is responsible for successful communication.”. It means that in written language, writers are required to pour ideas or thoughts to be conveyed to the reader clearly and completely. A writer can be able to convey ideas in a clear, coherent, but be able to arrange good sentences that it becomes a complete and unified series of writing. Barnawi & Arifin (2015: 26) said, "Papers are scientific writing contain thoughts on a particular problem or topic based on systematic field-based data with logical and objective analysis"
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