AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE STUDENTS’ PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF THE TEST OF PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF THE SEMESTER 6G STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PROF. DR. HAMKA

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DENI NURDIANTO. Student Identity: 1001065043. An Error Analysis on the
Students’ Pragmatic Competence of the Test of Pragmatic Competency of the
Semester 6G Students of University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta.
A Paper, Jakarta. The Study Program of English Education, The Department of
Language and Arts of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of
Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2014.
The objectives of this research are to find out the empirical evidence of how many
pragmatic errors made by the students in the test and to give proper remedial
teaching. This research was conducted at University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr.
Hamka. There were no samples in this research, but population in small number
comprised with 25 students. The writer used a survey method involving analytical
description. In collecting the data, the writer arranged the test of pragmatic
competence.
Based on the calculation, it has been found that the pragmatic errors are 421 or
56.13%. It can be seen that more than the half students make pragmatic errors. Due
to the importance of having pragmatic competence, the lecturers need to give proper
remedial teaching in order to develop the students’ pragmatic competence.