STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
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https://doi.org/10.47080/jeltl.v3i2.967Keywords:
students’ ability, subject-verb agreement, cause of errorAbstract
This research was aimed at investigating the Students’ Ability in Using Subject- Verb Agreement and the error made by the students in using subject-verb agreement. The writers was used the deductive approach to minimize the errors on learning grammar process and improving their ability in using subject-verb agreement. The students ability in using subject-verb agreement was categorized into the poor categories with 17 students and followed by very poor categories with 8 students from 34 students are there in the class. This research also found some causes of the students error while learning the grammar structure especially subject-verb agreement. The error occurred while learning subject verb agreement was on intralingua error like, false analogy and misanalysis.
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