Exploring Grammatical Errors in a BIPA Learner’s Indonesian and English Paragraph Writing

Zelagustina Zelagustina, Rahmat Nasrullah, Faridawati Faridawati

Abstract


Grammatical accuracy is important in second-language writing because it supports clear and meaningful communication. This study aims to explore grammatical errors in a BIPA learner’s Indonesian and English paragraph writing and examine whether particular error categories recur in subsequent writing. A descriptive qualitative single-case study design was employed using Error Analysis. The participant was a 22-year-old beginner-level BIPA learner in the second semester who had studied BIPA for two semesters. Data were collected from two descriptive paragraph writing tasks. Indonesian errors were analyzed based on Setyawati and Rohmadi, while English errors were classified using Dulay, Burt, and Krashen’s Surface Strategy Taxonomy. The findings identified Sentence Structure as the most frequent category in Indonesian and Misformation in English. Sentence Structure, Phrase and Verb Construction, and Incorrect Use of Preposition recurred in Indonesian, while Misformation and Omission recurred in English. The study provides an in-depth description of recurring grammatical difficulties in an individual BIPA learner’s writing.


Keywords


Grammatical Errors; BIPA Learner; Error Analysis; Paragraph Writing; Writing Tasks.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31004/jele.v11i5.3251

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