Interlanguage Errors
in English Textbooks for Junior High School Students in
Endang Fauziati
The present study deals with the
English textbooks for Junior High School students. It is worth studying because
they are marked with a significant number of errors both in the area of
vocabulary and grammar. This research study is to find proof that the English
used is still at the level of interlanguage (IL). Theories
on Error Analysis (EA) and Interlanguage (IL) have
been used to analyse the data which consist of erroneous sentences taken from
the reading etxts only. The result reveals that the
English used in the textbooks is still at the level of IL. The features of systematicity, permeability, and fossilization of an interlanguage also existed in it.
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Fauziati, E. (2003). Interlanguage
errors in English textbooks for junior high school students in
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