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This corpus-based study explores the acquisition patterns of English modal verbs by Indonesian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners through a comprehensive analysis of learner language data. The study utilizes a specialized learner corpus consisting of 2.5 million words drawn from both written and spoken productions of 450 Indonesian learners, covering various proficiency levels. The research focuses on examining the frequency patterns, semantic distributions, and error types associated with modal verb usage across the learner corpus. The study employs a combination of quantitative corpus linguistic methods and qualitative error analysis to uncover developmental trends and persistent difficulties in acquiring English modals. The findings highlight a significant underuse of epistemic modality, which expresses degrees of certainty, and an overreliance on core modals like "can," "will," and "must." Additionally, learners systematically avoid more complex modal constructions that are semantically nuanced and less frequent in their linguistic output. The analysis also reveals notable cross-linguistic influences from Indonesian, particularly in the areas of politeness marking and the expression of certainty. These interference patterns suggest that Indonesian learners may transfer modal expressions from their native language, leading to specific errors in the usage of English modals. Based on the findings, the study proposes a usage-based pedagogical framework that integrates corpus-informed instruction with explicit semantic mapping of modal meanings. This framework encourages teachers to address modal verb acquisition by emphasizing frequency-based approaches, contrastive semantic analysis, and corpus-driven awareness-raising activities. The research suggests that by focusing on the form-meaning-function relationships of modals in authentic contexts, learners can better understand and produce English modals accurately and appropriately. The findings have significant implications for enhancing modal verb instruction in EFL classrooms, especially for Indonesian learners.

The use of language on social media at this time, there are often various errors in word forms in morphology that are interesting to analyze. This happens because social media users such as Instagram express themselves freely without being bound by formal language rules. Social media is also a place where language rules are constantly changing, so that word forms often change. For example, the use of affixes or remixes in social media that is not in accordance with the rules, but is still understood by netizens in more informal communication. This study aims to analyze morphological errors such as affixation and reduplication in @dewiperssik9 Instagram views. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with a documentation observation approach. Data collected through recording and shooting on the Instagram site display @dewiperssik9 related to affixation and reduplication. The data that has been collected will be analyzed to find morphological changes or irregularities. The results of this study show that there are many errors in the use of affixation and reduplication. These errors include improper prefixes and syphilis, as well as differences in reduplication patterns. These findings show how changes in the use of language in the digital age, can help develop the study of linguistics on social media.

This research was conducted using descriptive research methods. The research was conducted in class VII of SMPN 2 Tasikmalaya with the aim of finding out errors in Indonesian in official letters. Middle school students must be able to master writing skills, one of which is writing official letters. The research results obtained were that there were language errors at the levels of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. This is caused by students' lack of mastery and mastery of Indonesian and the influence of the habit of using their mother tongue or first language. Therefore, students need motivation and awareness to be able to improve their official letter writing skills. Apart from that, there is a need for directed attention and guidance from the teacher.

The background of this research is students’ mistakes in writing review texts based on linguistic level studies. This research analyzes the fields of phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax in the review text of the film entitled Alive. This research aims to obtain results of language analysis errors in grade 8 students at Shuffah Al-Jamaah Tasikmalaya Middle School. The research method uses analytical descriptive research. The sample selection method in this study used a simple random sampling method. The data collection method used is (1) accumulating the results of students’ review texts at school as a data source, (2) reading carefully all data sources, (3) marking and assigning classification codes to the data, (4) classifying data based on the form of error. Language use, (5) presenting and describing data based on forms of language use errors. The instrument used is data analysis. Based on the results of data analysis, the most dominant errors that emerged were errors in the field of phonology, namely the omission of phonemes. Apart from that, it is also often found in the field of morphology regarding reduplication, namely the use of the word repeat with a square sign. The deletion of phonemes and incorrect reduplication of writing occurs, which is done by students to shorten the writing of a word so that the writing process can be completed more quickly without paying attention to good and correct linguistic rules. Students need to concentrate and be more careful in the process of writing activities. Apart from that, teachers also need to provide direction in the form of knowledge and insight regarding the basics of good and correct linguistics to minimize the occurrence of language mistakes and mistakes.

The background of this research is students’ mistakes in writing review texts based on linguistic level studies. This research analyzes the fields of phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax in the review text of the film entitled Alive. This research aims to obtain results of language analysis errors in grade 8 students at Shuffah Al-Jamaah Tasikmalaya Middle School. The research method uses analytical descriptive research. The sample selection method in this study used a simple random sampling method. The data collection method used is (1) accumulating the results of students’ review texts at school as a data source, (2) reading carefully all data sources, (3) marking and assigning classification codes to the data, (4) classifying data based on the form of error. Language use, (5) presenting and describing data based on forms of language use errors. The instrument used is data analysis. Based on the results of data analysis, the most dominant errors that emerged were errors in the field of phonology, namely the omission of phonemes. Apart from that, it is also often found in the field of morphology regarding reduplication, namely the use of the word repeat with a square sign. The deletion of phonemes and incorrect reduplication of writing occurs, which is done by students to shorten the writing of a word so that the writing process can be completed more quickly without paying attention to good and correct linguistic rules. Students need to concentrate and be more careful in the process of writing activities. Apart from that, teachers also need to provide direction in the form of knowledge and insight regarding the basics of good and correct linguistics to minimize the occurrence of language mistakes and mistakes.

The use of effective sentences has a strong influence on the quality of the content of a work. In cerpen writing, it is necessary to use effective language so that both the written and the implied meanings of cerpen can be well conveyed. The study aims to describe the forms of error in the use of sentences effectively in the formation of content quality on cerpen, as well as to present a comprehensive analysis of the linguistic aspects in the cerpen anthology "Back the Window of Ibnu Abbas" as a source of reading for students of 8th grade high school. The study uses qualitative descriptive methods through a language analysis approach by evaluating the quality of the content and effectiveness of the sentences in the book. This research data is a sentence quotation in a cerpen in which there are written errors in the use of effective sentences. Data collection techniques are done with reading and recording techniques. The results of this study found: (1) repetition of verbs, (2) inappropriate dictionary selection, (3) passing sentences, and (4) ambiguous sentences in a cerpen. Such errors make sentences less effective and affect the quality of the cerpen content. The findings of this study provide an in-depth understanding of how the structure of sentences, the meaning of words, the context of language usage, and the form of words influence the understanding and experience of readers of a literary work.

Currently, there are many platforms used by writers to publish news, one of which is through mass media. In publishing news, a writer must pay attention to good and correct language quality in order to meet the requirements of linguistic quality. Thus, there needs to be more understanding from a writer in order to write spelling correctly and correctly according to writing guidelines. The purpose of this research is to check the correctness of news text writing has fulfilled the rules of good and correct language and in accordance with the user situation in a mass media. If a mass media does not present news text writing using good and correct language rules, its competence needs to be doubted. The approach used in this research is a syntactic approach using a qualitative descriptive method. This method is used to investigate and explain things related to a reality that occurs in the surrounding environment. The results of the analysis and discussion of the research prove that in the news text on the February 2024 edition of Koran Tempo website there are still errors in word writing, errors in the use of punctuation marks, and errors in the use of letters. The quality of language in the news text is classified as good if it meets the requirements of no errors in writing words, punctuation, letters, and spelling. With this research, it is hoped that it can increase knowledge about language and can improve the ability to read news texts, analyze language quality, and provide guidance to writers to pay attention to linguistic rules or use standard language in writing so that it is easily understood by the public.  

Language errors often occur consciously because students basically believe that they do not master the language system they use, so they are not sure about the words they make. Because of the difficulties he experienced, he then thought about creating his own language or even abandoning it. This research analyzes language errors from the most important thing, namely the speeches of Indonesian state leaders from the beginning until now. The analysis was carried out using theories viewed from a linguistic perspective, including Phonology, Semantics and Spelling (EYD). We should preserve the Indonesian language by communicating well, politely and courteously so that we as young people do not feel the fading of this language. Additionally, we must reduce the use of slang, especially in conversations on social media, as it can influence the way the next generation speaks. In everyday life, language must be adapted to the situation at hand and spoken correctly.