THE INTERFERENCE OF INDONESIAN LANGUANGE STRUCTURE TOWARDS ENGLISH WRITING IN ENGLISH SENTENCES ON THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT SATYA WIYATA MANDALA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to find out the interference of Indonesian language Structure towards the ill-formedness of English language  sentences  in the fourth semester students of the English Language Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Satya Wiyata Mandala University. This  research studies the morphosyntax elements which can cause the formation of ill-formed sentences made by the Indonesian Students in writing in English, and analysis the most frequent ill-formaeness.

The data of this research is taken from the results of the English essays written test of the University Students of USWIM  Nabire.  And the researcher collects data by writing test.

From the essay analyzed, there are 79 ill-formedness sentences which are divided into 12 types.  The types of ill-formedness from the most frequent to the least frequent occur  are :  Noun form, Word choice, Concord, Gerund, Preposition, Article, Word class, Sentence without verb, Spelling, Tense, Conjunction, Passive form, Comparison, Aspect, and If clause.