AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON SPEAKING ENGLISH AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF DARUL HIKMAH ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

In this research, there are two objectives. Those are: to find out what kinds of error in speaking made by the students of Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School, Kutoarjo, Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013 and to find out what are the causes of error in speaking made by the students of Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School, Kutoarjo, Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013. The researcher designs as descriptive qualitative. The result of this research shows that the kinds of error that is made by the second grade students of Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School are: omission 55,8 %, mis-formation 2,3%, and misordering 6,9%, addition 11,6%, and the last, substitution 23,2%.Therefore; the dominant error made by the second grade students of Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School of Kutoarjo, Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013 is omission. And the causes of error that is made by the students are ignorance of the rule restriction 20,9%, incomplete application of rules 53,4 %, and false concept hypothesized 25,5 %. The students should have motivation to learn English language, because English is the tool of communication and it is the international language.

Key words: Error Analysis and Speaking English.