Lingua Cultura | 2019
Students’ Errors in Using the Simple Present Tense at Polytechnic ATI Padang
Abstract
The research aimed at analyzing the errors in using simple present tense at Logistics Management of Agro-Industry of\xa0Polytechnic ATI Padang. A qualitative method with descriptive approach was applied. The samples were 15% of 153\xa0total students or 23 students. Data were collected through the writing test; namely, descriptive essay. The results show\xa0that many students commit errors in using the simple present tense. The errors are classified into four types: omission,\xa0addition, misinformation, and misordering. There are 107 errors with the highest number that is omission (61 errors or 57%).\xa0Misinformation is in second place with 29 errors (27,1%). The error of addition gains 11,2 % with 12 errors. The lowest\xa0error is misordering, which gains 4,7% with only five errors. In conclusion, the most dominant error made by the students is\xa0omission with 57% and misordering is the lowest one with 4,7%. Therefore, the lecturers are expected to improve the teaching\xa0strategies in teaching simple present tense to reduce the numbers of students’ errors.