An Analysis Of Lexico–Grammatical Errors In Spoken English Committed By English Students Of English Department

Abstract

The present study aimed at (1) classifying the errors in spoken English committed by the English students of English Department and (2) investigating the sources of errors in spoken English committed by the English students of English Department. This study used qualitative research design. The subjects of the study were the English speaking students of English Department. The data of the study were the errors made by the English Student in spoken descriptive. The data were analyzed based on Dulay and Krashen (1982) the students errors spoken English were classified into four namely; omission, addition, misformation, misordering. Further, the sources of the English student errors were categorized as interlingual and intralingual sources.