Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)

Focus on the Learner’s Language: Insights from an Interlanguage Study in the Indonesian Context

Authors
Fatimah1, Harits Masduqi2, *
1The University of Sydney/Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
2Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: harits.masduqi.fs@um.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Harits Masduqi
Available Online 18 May 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_16How to use a DOI?
Keywords
error analysis; grammatical features; interlanguage; L1; L2
Abstract

Most university students in Indonesia have been learning English for more than ten years, but still find it difficult to express ideas in English properly. This study discusses interlanguage produced by an Indonesian adult learner who is studying English at a state university. The authors analysed samples of her English expressions based on certain processes in error analysis. The writers reveal that the student gets into difficulties in producing correct grammatical features related to past tenses, plural forms, and articles ‘the’ and ‘a’. The learner’s errors might be due to the interference of L1, intralingual factors, negative transfers of training, strategies of L2 learning, and communication strategies. Apart from involving more participants for more variety of data, it is recommended that future researchers can investigate the effect of errors on learners when they are in the process of mastering English. In doing so, the researchers will be more able to provide comprehensive insights into the significant role of error analysis in English language teaching and learning.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 May 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_16
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_16How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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