1. GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES MADE STUDENTS OF SPEAKING
CLASS: A CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITAS TEKNOLOGI
YOGYAKARTA
Adnan Zaid
Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta
Abstract
In line with the global communication, English speaking skill becomes paramount
in the international affairs. This skill is needed in communication by phone, conferences,
seminars, negotiation, winning the deal, job interviews, and the like. However, it takes
much time, energy, and practice to acquire the skill. Students learning the skill may be
hampered by some language barriers related grammar, diction, pronunciation, and L1
interference. This paper is going to discuss the grammatical mistakes made the students
of speaking class.
This study was conducted during the academic year 2009/2010. The data were
gathered by the instructor during a speaking class was going on, and while the students
had mid-semester tests and finals. The students involved in this study were the first year
students of S1 program, Faculty of Letters and Culture, Universitas Teknologi
Yogyakarta, who took the speaking course in the first and second semester.
The study showed that the students taking the speaking class, when they were
talking, made grammatical mistakes related to word order, tenses, sentence patterns,
omission, misuse of adverbs, adjectives, auxiliaries, prepositions, and conjunctions. By
knowing these kinds of mistakes earlier, a teacher may take some precautionary measures
to minimize the mistakes.

2. Curriculum Vitae
1. Name : Dr. H. Adnan Zaid, MSc
2. NIP : 19560210 198303 1 001
3. Address : Jl. Waringin 23 Karangbendo Banguntapan Yogyakarta 55198
4. Phone : 0274-383518
5. Mobile : 0817464200
6. E-mail address : adnan56zaid@yahoo.com
7. Education : doctorate/S3
8. Institution : Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta
Fakultas Sastra dan Budaya, Jl. Prof. Dr. Soepomo SH, No 21
Yogyakarta 55165
9. Position : Dean of School of Letters and Culture
10. Certification : a. Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). Cambridge University
b. Sertifikasi dosen (2008)
11. Rank : IV/a, Lektor
12. Acting as a speaker: a. JETA Conference (2003)
b. Competency-Based Curriculum, ABA-YIPK (2004)
c. Strategies for Learning English, (2004)
d. JETA Conference ( 2005)
e. Seminar on ESP, UTY (2005)
f. Western Culture Perspectives, MGMP Bhs Inggris Purworejo (2006)
g. Writing Scientific Papers, UTY (2006)
h. Motivation. UTY (2009)
i. Seminar on Literature and Linguistics, UTY (2009)
j. TEFLIN in Malang (2009)
13. Publication :
Year Title Name of Journal
2000 Introducing American English Magister
2000 Sekolah Unggulan Magister
2003 Whole Language Teaching Litraya
2002 Maximum Ease in Javanese Code Literate
2003 Differences Between American and British
English
Literate

3. 2004 Obstacles in Delivering ESP Literate
2007 Towards Gender-Neutral English JETA
2008 How American English Deviates from British
English
Bahastra
2008 Fighting Against Feminism Literate