Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: November | Volume: 5 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 47-54
German Grammatical Errors in Students’ Monologues in Indonesia
Tanti Kurnia Sari, Ahmad Sahat Perdamean, Siti Kudriyah
Faculty of Language and Arts, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Tanti Kurnia Sari
ABSTRACT
The paper is aimed at describing both the errors made by 3rd semester students in the Department of German in UNIMED Medan (Indonesia) when they were practicing monologues in the class as well as the causes of such errors. The research of the paper used qualitative technique and involved speaking test instruments. The students as the research subjects took part in a lecture on German’s Sprechfertigkeit für weitere Fortgeschrittene. The results show that the subjects made errors in their monologues in general, such as in the grammatical errors which were mainly caused by less practices they made in the class and in the choices of certain themes as well as in the nervous standing positions. Some of them were aware of their errors and could immediately correct them. It is recommended that the subjects enrich German vocabulary (deutsche Vokabeln) before doing monologues and improve their mastery in German grammar (deutsche Grammatik).
Key words: Error analysis, monologue, German grammar
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