LANGUAGE ERROR IN THE STUDY OF INTERLANGUAGE TO ACTIVATE STUDENT’S ISLAMIC WORLD

Abstract

This paper discusses the errors of the language learners or interlanguage. Interlanguage or bahasantara to activate student’s Islamic world is shown from the mistakes of language produced by learners. Mistakes are part of the development process while showing the proficiency of learners who have reached the level of proficiency. By showing that the error is a unique language, this paper aims to change the perception that error is a constraint in language mastery, and it is expected to have new understanding that the error is an indication of the development of second language learners. In his analysis of the creative construction of second language learners, Suwarna argued that the symptoms of the interlanguage to activate student’s Islamic world were shown by the deviations from the standard language rules called as language errors. This deviation occurs because learners use linguistic rules that they master to apply to the target language. An example is the multilingual and multicultural Indonesian community. The sentence in English is generally patterned SPO / SVO, while the construction pattern of sentences in Arabic is generally in the form of PSO / VSO so that the example of sentence structure becomes عَمْرً زَيْدٌ ضَرَبَ with the context of writing in Arabic starting from the right side, the arrangement is reversed, ضَرَبَ (Predicate), زَيْدٌ (Subject), and عَمْرً (Object). If we compare with Arabic, the arrangement of English sentence patterns (especially Subjects and Predicates) will be opposite in the place. Bahasantara/interlanguage to activate student’s Islamic world is a learner’s language that is formed from the elements of the first language and the target language, in this case, Bekasinese/Betawinese and English. There are characteristics that the interlanguage has, but not in the first language or in the target language. The symptoms existing in the interlanguage to activate student’s Islamic world are the existence of linguistic deviations called language errors. The learner uses linguistic rules that he knows to construct sentences or utterances in a second language.