Students’ Error Analysis in Using Pronouns: Translation Based-Test

Abstract

Error analysis is an activity to reveal the errors found in writing and speaking. In the students error the writer choose pronouns because the students have known about the material. This present study was conducted under descriptive qualitative method study. The design is pre-experimental or case study. In which would explore students’ ability in using personal pronoun through translation based-test. The population and sample research at English department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong on third semester and each class consists of 40 students. The research focused on personal pronouns on the subject, object, possessive adjective and reflexive pronouns. The aim of the research is to find out or explore the kinds of errors in pronouns that the students make most. After calculated the students score and percentage it, the result showed that the most of students make error in using reflexive pronouns with the percentage 42 %, the second level is possessive adjective 39. 5%, the third level is object pronoun 37. 6 %, and the last level is subject pronoun 11. 5%. The research found that the most errors that the students always do in reflexive pronoun.