ERROR ANALYSIS OF EFL STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Abstract

This study aimed  to analyze the EFL students’ ability in using Subject-Verb Agreement. The researcher used some types of subject-verb agreement to analyze the understanding of EFL learners in using subject-verb agreement, those are: Singular/Plural, Neither/Either, Collective Nouns, Indefinite Pronoun, Preposition Phrases, There “be’ and Fractional Expression (Counting). This research employed a descriptive qualitative method. The participants of research was the second semester students of STKIP Bina Bangsa  Getsempena that consist of 19 students. The instruments of collecting the data used in this study were the list of questions, questionnaire and interview. The objectives of this research were to know the type of subject-verb agreement errors that were produced by the students, reasons of the students produced errors in using subject-verb agreement and lecturer’s perception towards the students understanding in using Subject-Verb Agreement. The result revealed that the students are still low of the understanding in using subject-verb agreement, difficult to differentiate subject/verb of singular and plural, lack of practicing and online learning impact to students’ process on students learning. The ability of the EFL students in using subject-verb agreement was also showed by the result of the list of questions. Almost all the students produced the errors in answering the list of questions. The dominant errors that students produced are Either/Either, Prepostition Phrases and Indefinite Pronoun.