Error Analysis: Types and Causes of EFL Learners’ Errors in Writing Analytical Exposition Text

Abstract. This research looked at errors made by the sophomores majoring in English Education of Tadulako University writing analytical exposition text. It intends to (1) identify kinds committed students text, and (2) determine causes errors. is a-qualitative research, employing 20 enrolled Text Type Writing course Academic Year 2020. Results data analysis indicated that there were 421 cases which then classified into five major categories: orthographic errors, word forms grammar (morpho-syntactic errors), on words meanings (lexico-semantic), punctuation capitalization. These are caused influence students’ first language (L1) (interlingual lack target knowledge (intralingual communication strategies. paper addresses error using Dulay’s 1982 Linguistic Category Taxonomy, so far considerably scientific literature. Previous studies have almost exclusively focused Surface Structure another taxonomy therefore needed for investigation. Keywords: Analytical Exposition Text, Error Analysis, Skills