the students' error in writing

I. Types of Error in Terms of LANGUAGE FORM

1. Omission
In spelling
We will get lung diseas, …. [disease]
…feel stress and socks, …. [feel under stress and shock]

In structure
One of country [one of the country]
Marijuana is danger [dangerous]
If marijuana legalized… [If marijuana is legalized…]
…people will very easy…. […people will be very easy….]
It seem …. [It seems….]
Football not only teaches student …, it also helps …. […not only…, but also ….]


2.Addition
a. simple addition
… realize about that. [realize that]
Beside that, …. [Besides, ….]

b. double marking
…which can intoxicates people… [intoxicate]
That’s is very dangerous. [That is very dangerous]
…if the bar existed in an one area, …. [one]

c. regularization
Marijuana have …. [Marijuana has ….]
Many consumers does not…. (…do not ….]

3.double function (possessive & object)
…marijuana and another things as like its [it]
4.Misordering
This is what makes marijuana in Indonesia always become a serious problem that never-ending
-> This is what makes marijuana always become a serious and never-ending problem in Indonesia
They consume marijuana as their friendship [friend]  double function
…marijuana and another things as like its [another things  other things]
[as like  like]
Because the activities in the bar will influenced the people around it.
Marijuana is make the users addicted.

II. Types of Errors with Reference to L1 & L2
1. The errors are probably due to the influence of L1 on L2. They belong to the so-called TRANSFER/INTER-LANGUAGE ERRORS
Naturally occurring errors in the classroom:

Penggalang untuk murid SMP
 Penggalang for student of junior high school

Alam, hewan, dan tumbuh-tumbuhan tidak dapat juga bertahan dalam kondisi itu.
 The nature, animals, and plants cannot also survive in that condition

Ini dibuktikan dengan tidak ada negara di dunia ini yang melegalkan ganja.
 It is proved with there is no one country in this world that legalizes marijuana.

Merokok ganja membuat mulut dan tenggorokan panas dan batuk berat
 Smoking marijuana can get burning and stinging of the mouth and throat, and get heavy coughing

Uranium sendiri bukan sumber yang melimpah di negeri ini.
 Uranium itself is not overflow resources in this country

Jika ganja dilegalkan berarti pembuat hukum negara mendukung perdagangan ganja.
 If marijuana legalized means the lawmaker of state support the marijuana trade.

Mereka hanya ingin bagaimana membuat mereka bahagia.
They just want how to make themselves happy.

…underground society.
 masyarakat bawah

…countless street terms for marijuana…
 istilah yang dapat dihitung banyaknya sepanjang jalan …

...effects of heavy marijuana use
 efek dari penggunaan ganja yang berat

Gateway drug (“gateway drug” leading to the eventual use of more destructive and addictive drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
 obat pembuka

…has caught the attention of Mass Media ….
 … telah mendapat perhatian media massa

…whether do it or not.
 …apakah melakukan atau tidak.
…it can also to refresh your mind, …
…you put your future to the darkness.
…make you suffering….
…as a stepping stone drug, leading to heroin….
…to improve skills and compactness.

III. INTRA-LANGUAGE ERRORS / errors caused by over-learning

Marijuana … contains of narcotics substance in it’s seed
[Marijuana … contains of narcotics substance in its seed]

So the question is should marijuana legalized or not.
[So, the question is whether or not marijuana should be legalized]

IV. DEVELOPMENTAL ERRORS occurring due to the “natural development” of learning L2.

Many people might think that boost student morale ….
 Many people might think that boosting students’ morale ….

Most people say that marijuana makes the violence in society.
 Most people say that marijuana is one of the causes of violence happens in the society

For instance, get trouble with our body, ….
 For instance, getting trouble with our body, ….

The first reason is coming from social view….
 The first reason comes from social view…./The first reason deals with the social aspect….

Indonesia’s climate supports marijuana plants to grow fertilely.
Potencial  potential