An Analysis of Grammatical Error on Students’ Thesis Abstract: Frequency and Percentage

Abstract

The goal of this study is to discover proportion of grammatical error on students’ thesis abstract. This study used descriptive qualitative research as research design. It identified, classified, and analyzed the students’ error in writing abstract based on types of errors, namely omission, addition, mis-formation, and mis-ordering. This research data consisted of 10 thesis abstracts written by the students of English education department, Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung. This abstract was chosen at random from 133 theses written by students who completed their studies in 2024. The results show that this study identified 136 items of errors from ten students’ abstracts that consisted of omission (53 items), addition (37 items), mis-formation (41 items), and mis-ordering (5 items). Furthermore, it is known that the majority of students' errors in writing abstract is omission (39%). The findings indicate that the students need to comprehend grammatical rules. Furthermore, this study expects that academic supervisors will not disregard errors committed by students when they write a thesis as part of the college requirement for graduation.