STUDENTS’ GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN ELTIC: A STUDY AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR

Aninda Nurul H.N.. 2017. Students’ Grammatical Errors In Eltic: A Study At English Education Study Program State University Of Makassar. Thesis S1. English Department, Faculty of Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar. (Under the supervision of A. Muliati and Chairil Anwar Korompot). The objective of this research was to find out the grammatical errors and the most frequent errors made by students of English Education Study Program, State University of Makassar, in the structure and written expression section of ELTIC. This research employed a descriptive research method with quantitative and qualitative data. Students’ answer sheets and ELTIC test in the structure and written expression section were used to find out the grammatical errors and the most frequent errors made by students. 30 students of English Department State University of Makassar were randomly chosen as the participants of this study. The findings showed that students make errors for each grammatical points of structure covered in the test. The most frequent error is on Present Participles or Past Participles after Be with the frequency of error was 21 participants and the percentage of error was 70%. Based on the finding explained, it is important for students to focus more and do additional practice on the most frequent errors to improve their knowledge in structure