Learning
foreign languages, especially Mandarin, is not an easy thing. The structure of
sentences in Indonesian that is different from Mandarin makes many people often
make mistakes in using Mandarin. The results of the short test trials on
students of the 2018 class of Mandarin Education Study Program described in
chapter 1, there were still those who didn’t understand how to use 认识 , 知道 and 明白 .
Therefore it is necessary to carry out an error analysis of the three words.
The purpose of this study is to explain the form of errors in the use of the
words 认识 ,
知道
and 明白
in simple essays written by students. This study also aims to explain the
factors that cause errors in these three words.
This
research uses qualitative research with a qualitative descriptive approach. The
source of data in this study were students of the Mandarin Language Study
Program in Surabaya State University in class 2018, totaling 76 students. The
research data were obtained from the results of a simple essay test and
questionnaire.
From the
results of the analysis, researcher obtained several categories of errors made
by students. There is syntax errors, omissions, addition, misodering,
interlangual errors, local errors and global errors. The most errors occur in
the syntax error word 认识 . This is because students cannot
understand for using a word in a sentence, so it often doesn’t fit into the
order of sentence structure in Mandarin. The least mistakes made by students is
category of syntax errors for the word 明白 , addition words 知道 and 明白 , and
misodering 明白 .
The results from the questionnaire questions showed that the 2018 students of
the Mandarin Language Study Program had understood the meaning and use of the
words 认识
,
知道
,
and 明白 .
But 34 students claimed that the incorrect use of the words 认识 , 知道 , and 明白 caused
students to make mistakes. This means that even though students understand the
words 认识
,
知道
,
and 明白 ,
students can still make mistakes in all three words.
Keywords: Language error analysis,
认识 (rènshì) ,知道 (zhīdào) ,
明白 (míngbái).