GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN ORAL PRESENTATION OF THE RESULT THESIS SEMINAR MADE BY ENGLISH STUDENTS

This research aimed to find out the types of grammatical errors in oral
presentation of the result thesis seminar made by English students and to
investigate the causes of errors. This research used descriptive qualitative as the
research design. The object of this research were five students’ recording of the
result thesis seminar in English education study program at Bengkulu University.
The instruments of this research were documentation checklist and interview. The
data were collected by using documentation and interview. The result of the
Documentation Checklist showed there were four types of grammatical error
made by English students which were omission, addition, misformation, and
misordering. The highest error was Omission. The result of the interview
indicated the causes of error that made by English students were carelessness,
first language interference, and translation. The highest cause of error was first
language interference. Based on the findings, all the students have to pay
attention in the use of correct grammar in oral presentation of the result thesis
seminar.
Keyword: Causes of Error, Grammatical Errors, Result Thesis Seminar.