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Journal : English Language Teaching and Research

LINGUISTIC FEATURES FOR A LANGUAGE LEARNING RESEARCH: The Case of Passives and Medio-Passives in English Jufrizal Jufrizal
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
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Conducting a research on EFL learning may be initiated by students’ problems in understanding linguistic-grammatical features of the learnt language. Therefore, students’ problems and difficulties in understanding English grammatical features can be the sources of problems of language teaching researches. This paper, which is practically derived from experiences of teaching English grammar and conducting researches in 2009 and 2012, particularly discusses how to derive the linguistic-grammatical features of English become the topic/research problem of researches on EFL learning. By using the case of passives and medio-passives of English, the discussion presented in this paper specifically is the answer for questions: (i) why do passives and medio-passives of English become academic problems for most Indonesian learners?; and (ii) how can the linguistic features of English passives and medio-passives be derived as a topic/research problem of EFL learning? The data presented in this paper are those collected through researches conducted in 2009 and 2012, and supported by others picked up during the teaching-learning processes of English Grammar subject at the English Department of Universitas Negeri Padang. The idea of this paper may give scientific information to the researchers in order to derive and to develop topics and/or research problemsof EFL learning. Key words: linguistic features, language teaching, research, passives, medio-passives
Fossilized Errors of English Morphosyntax Committed by English Graduate Students in Thesis Seminar Presentation at Universitas Negeri Padang Sri Muliati; Hermawati Syarif; Jufrizal Jufrizal
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
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The paper aims at discussing the kinds of fossilized errors of morphosyntax which occur in students’ oral communication and to find out the most possible factors causing those errors. There were 10 English graduate students who held thesis seminar as the subject of the study. The data were collected from the students’ utterances during their thesis seminar presentation which were recorded and transcribed then analyzed based on the indicators predetermined. To see the truthfulness of the data, the interview was done, especially to see the factors causing fossilized errors. The results show that 8 out of 10 subjects committed fossilized error and the frequent fossilized errors were manifested in using number marking (taking singular for plural marking) in noun/noun phrase category and substitution of the simple present for the simple past tense, the use of voice, agreement and nominalization. These fossilized errors were due to the Indonesian language interference, pedagogic intervention, and lack of opportunity to use English. Based on the result, it is recommended that the lecturers pay serious attention to the language usage in preparing effective writing instructional design. Key words: Error analysis, fossilized error, morphosyntax, interference, speaking.