Eror-Analysis in Journalistic Articles: Towards A Linguistic Intervention Program for Campus Journalists

Abstract

The complexity of writing especially using the second language causes learners to commit errors. In language instruction, the analysis of these errors is of vital importance in order for teachers to make sound instructional decisions in teaching the second language. Hence, this study employed exhaustive error-analysis technique by identifying, classifying, describing and explaining the causes of campus journalists’ errors. The present study is descriptive in nature which focused on accounting for the most common graphological, lexico-semantic and grammatical errors in the news articles written by school paper writers and subsequently explain the sources of these errors.