LINGUISTIC TAXONOMY CATEGORY OF SYNTACTIC ERRORS; A CASE STUDY OF THAILAND STUDENTS IN MUHAMMADIYAH JEMBER UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research background that is in the BIPA learning process, Indonesian language errors can not
be avoided by a foreign learner. BIPA student competence with knowledge of the rules, Indonesian
vocabulary, and culture is limited can be a error factors. Thailand learners often face difficulties
when they have to write in Indonesian, especially in forming sentence structures that raw and
acceptable. This study aimed to describe the linguistic taxonomy seen through the study of syntax
to find syntax errors in Thailand learners writing, find errors that are most dominant, and describe
the factors that caused the error. Data collected from essay writing narrative of Thailand students
studying in Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Study Program Language a nd Literature
Indonesia, University of Muhammadiyah Jember.
This study uses descriptive qualitative method, describe the state of naturals regarding the errors use
of syntactic structure on a narrative essay Thailand students. Data were analyzed using agih metodhs
with baca markah techniques and padan otografis methods with pilah unsur penentu technique, by
classifying errors using linguistic categories. The research instrument is the human istrument, which
is a key instrument by using the criteria of shape and distribution. In seeking the causes of syntactic
errors by Thailand learners, The main theory used is based on the theory Corder (1981), Richard
(1985) and Selinker (1994). The assumption in the research error analysis is that the language
teaching should be focused on the greatest frequency learner speak errors. Search their causal factors
and the kinds of mistakes made by learners is more important because it can be used as a basis to
correct learn errors and speak errors of the learner.
Keywords: taxonomic linguistics, syntax, BIPA