SOSHUM : Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora [Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities]
Vol 10 No 2 (2020): July 2020

Learners’ Subject-Verb Agreement and Simple Past Defect Analysis on Written Text in Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

Eka Dian Rahmanu (Politeknik Negeri Bali)
Ni Made Kariati (Business Administration Department, Politeknik Negeri Bali)
Kumiko Shishido (Language Department, Osaka University, Japan)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2020

Abstract

General principles of linguistics would be related to structure and grammar that has two specific types, for instance subject – verb agreement and simple past which were analyzed and concerned by the researcher. Furthermore, this research focused on what kind of subject-verb agreement and simple past defect chosen by the students in written text. In line with that, the researcher chose 143 responders who study and learn English as a Foreign Language in business administration department in Polytechnic State of Bali and the results were collected by using internet assisted test. In gaining the results, the researcher found that the participants mostly tended to choose the wrong answer from 10 questions were given by the lecturer. Responders could not decide or choose plural or singular noun and surprisingly learners could not take valid simple past which were provided on the options as these determine the correct sentence based on the principle grammar rule.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

SOSHUM

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Social Sciences

Description

SOSHUM : Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora [Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities][p-ISSN 2088-2262 | e-ISSN 2580-5622 | DOI 10.31940/soshum] aims to develop itself as a pioneer journal in social sciences and humanities. Starting from the year 2018, it publishes all papers in English. Areas ...