Errors in the Use of Prepositions of Place by Seventh Graders of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Hamidiyah Depok Academic Year 2013/2014

This research attempts to identify students� errors and also the sources of students� errors on the use of prepositions of place. It classifies the errors in the use of prepositions of place based on its type and function. This research focuses only on the use of three prepositions of place those are in, on, and at. The data used in this research were taken from the test containing questions about the use of prepositions of place in, on, and at. The researcher chooses seventh graders of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Hamidiyah Depok as the respondents of the test. Theresults show that from 57 students, the most errors were found in the use of preposition of place at with total average percentage error 60.45%, followed by preposition of place on with 57.48% and preposition of place in with 40.38%. In addition, out of total 34 questions, there were 33 cases of errors caused by interligual interference. Furthermore, there were 14 cases of errors caused by over-generalization and 8 cases of errors caused by ignorance of rule restrictions. The results seem to reflect the ability of the students which do not clearlyunderstand about the use of prepositions of place