LEXICAL ERRORS IN NEWS ITEM TEXTS WRITTEN BY ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDENTS
Abstract
Abstract
Words construct the building blocks of language. If they are well chosen, a writer can easily deliver
his/her intended meanings. In the contrary, when they are inappropriately selected, they will bring
about confusion for the readers. Therefore, it is important for language teachers to examine the
students mastery in choosing words to write. This paper aims at identifying lexical errors in news item
texts written by students of English Education Department. The finding showed that semantic errors
were more frequent than formal errors. The semantic errors made up 58.62% of the total errors.
Meanwhile, formal errors were as many as 41.38%. The result of the study can be used as
considerations for the teaching of vocabulary for English Departments students.
Keywords: lexis, errors, news item text
Words construct the building blocks of language. If they are well chosen, a writer can easily deliver
his/her intended meanings. In the contrary, when they are inappropriately selected, they will bring
about confusion for the readers. Therefore, it is important for language teachers to examine the
students mastery in choosing words to write. This paper aims at identifying lexical errors in news item
texts written by students of English Education Department. The finding showed that semantic errors
were more frequent than formal errors. The semantic errors made up 58.62% of the total errors.
Meanwhile, formal errors were as many as 41.38%. The result of the study can be used as
considerations for the teaching of vocabulary for English Departments students.
Keywords: lexis, errors, news item text
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