SYNTACTICAL ERRORS IN STUDENTS’ FREE-WRITINGS AT THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITAS BINA DARMA: AN ANALYSIS

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not the students of English study program of UniversitasBinaDarma committed syntactical errors in their free-writings and to find out the probable causes of those errors. The samples were seventh semester students of English study program of Universitas Bina Darma. In collecting the data, the writer used the writing test and distributed questionnaires. The results of the study showed that the students of English study program of UniversitasBinaDarma did commit syntactical errors in their free-writing. The most frequent errors were errors on verb to verb constructions and misformation errors. In this study, the researcher also found possible causes of syntactical errors made by the research subjects.. The result of this study is expected to contribute something for the teaching of writing and structure at English study program of Universitas Bina Darma.

Keywords: Syntactical Errors, Free Writings and Analysis.