THE INTERFERENCE OF INDONESIAN GRAMMAR IN WRITING ENGLISH DIALOGUE: A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the types of errors as the result of the interference of Indonesian grammar found in students’ writing of English dialogue and their efforts to minimize the interference. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The researcher collects the data by taking the documentation and giving questionnaire. The result of this study shows that there are eight types of errors caused by Indonesian grammatical interference, they are errors in the use of: tenses (13.33%), word order (13.33%), articles (11.11%), pronouns (13.33%), linking verbs (26.68%), plurality (4.44%), prepositions (8.89%), and subject-verb agreement (8.89%). The most dominant error is linking verb. From the questionnaire, there are some efforts the students do to minimize the interference such as reading English novels; watching English films; listening to English songs, etc. From the result, it could be seen that Indonesian grammar interferes the students’ writing a lot.

(Keywords: Grammatical interference, writing, dialogue, and contrastive analysis)