Jenis Kesalahan Bahasa Indonesia Tulis Pembelajar Asing

Abstract

This paper describes the output of written-language learning process from foreign learners of bahasa Indonesia. The use of Indonesian as a second language (L2) or a foreign language by foreign speakers is certainly not error-free. Written language errors can occur due to various things, such as the influence of learners’ mother tongue, learners’ lack of understanding about the language they use, and inadequate language teaching. In this research, written language errors occured when foreign speakers used bahasa Indonesia as a second language or foreign language. The main problem in this study is how written language errors occurred among foreign learners of bahasa Indonesia. This research was conducted using the qualitative descriptive method. The data was collected by reviewing documents of essays written by BIPA students at the West Java Language Center. As a result, several language errors in the essays were detected in morphological, semantic, and syntactic domains. From the data collected, some examples were inaccurate use of vocabulary in sentences; affixations, such as inappropriate use of affixes; and reduplication, such as imprecision in using reduplicated words.