In this post I would like to continue sharing about an International Journal. The title of the Journal is THE ERROR ANALYSIS OF DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN EFL’S ENGLISH NARRATIVE COMPOSITION. Actually this post is just a repetition task. The difference is only the chosen Journal, but this Journal still has relationship with the previous Journal.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on some theories mentioned above, there are some errors found on the learners’ English narrative composition. Mostly, the errors are about affixes. The above descriptions showed about the errors happened in derivational morphology.
The errors are about derivational in noun, adverb, gerund after preposition and after certain verb, to-infinitive, participle in present and passive, modals and adjective. Here are the discussions about the derivational morphology found in the learners’ English narrative composition.

Derivational in Noun
1. The lady could control her curiously.
The word “curiously” is wrong because it is an adverb meanwhile after the word “her”, it needs noun. The noun of “curiously” is “curiosity”, so the sentence becomes The lady could control her curiosity.
2. He walked to school with his angry face.
The sentence is wrong because the word “angry” is an adjective as for in this sentence it needs noun after the word “his”. The correct sentence is He walked to school with his anger face.

Derivational in Adverb
1. The shepherd boy screamed loud for help.
The sentence is wrong because the word “loud” is an adjective, meanwhile after the word “screamed”, which shows about verb, it needs a noun or an adverb. In this sentence, it needs an adverb and the adverb for “loud’ is “loudly”. The correct sentence is the shepherd boy screamed loudly for help.
2. Charlie still kept patient and considered that it was the smartest parrot.
The explanation of the sentence is same as the above sentence. The adverb for “patient” is “patiently”. The correct sentence is Charlie still kept patiently and considered that it was the smartest parrot.

Derivational in Gerund after Preposition
1. After arrived at home, he put the stone on the table.
The sentence is wrong because after the word “after”, which shows as a preposition, should be followed by a noun or verb –ing as a gerund. In this sentence needs verb –ing as a gerund and the verb –ing of “arrive” is “arriving”. The correct sentence is after arriving at home, he put the stone on the table.
2. The man spent a long time for thought.
The explanation for the second sentence is same as the first sentence. The word “thought” is the past participle of “think.” In this sentence needs verb –ing as a gerund after “for.” The verb-ing of “think” is “thinking,”so the correct sentence is the man spent a long time for thinking.
The rest of the errors are about derivational in gerund after certain verb, to-infinitive, and participle in the present and passive, modals and adjective.

Derivational Gerund after Certain Verb
1. Finally, they stopped fought.
The sentence is wrong because after the word “stopped” should be followed by gerund. There aresome certain verb that should be followed by gerund, they are stop, mind, enjoy, keep, finish, quit, postpone, put off, consider, think about, discuss, talk about, understand, tolerate, admit, advise, can’t help, mention, etc. The gerund of “fought” is “fighting”, so the correct sentence is finally, they stopped fighting.

Derivational in to Infinitive
1. Anastasya tried to stole the fairy Godmother’s wand and she could steal it.
The sentence is wrong because after the word “tried to” should be followed by to infinitive, meanwhile the word “stole” is the past participle of “steal” so the correct sentence is Anastasya tried to steal the fairy Godmother’s wand and she could steal it.

Derivational in Present Participle
1. Anna Maria cried and her mother hugged her cry baby.
The sentence is wrong because the function of the word “cry” is as an adjective and this is present participle so the word “cry” should be changed into “crying”. The correct sentence is that woman hugged her crying baby.

Derivational in Passive Participle
1. He went home with the shooting bear.
The sentence is wrong because the function of the word “shoot” is as an adjective and this is passive participle so the word “shoot”should be changed into “shot”. The correct sentence is He went home with the shot bear.

Derivational in Modals
1. Anastasya tried to steal the fairy Godmother’s wand and she could stole it.
The sentence is wrong because after the word “could” as a modal should be followed by verb 1. There are some common modals in English, they are can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, must and should. The verb 1 of “stole” is “steal”,so the correct sentence is Anastasya tried to steal the fairy Godmother’s wand and she could steal it.

Derivational in Adjective
20. They were getting hungrier.
The sentence is wrong because the word “hungrier” is the comparative form of “hungry”, meanwhile the sentence needs adjective after to be in past time “were”. The correct sentence is They were getting hungry.

CONCLUSIONS
There are some mistakes related to the derivational morphology found in the learners’ English narrative composition. The mistakes found mostly in derivational in noun. The mistakes are happened because; (1) Most of the learners haven’t mastered the target language well so they tended to make mistakes in their mother tongue; (2) Mostly the mistakes happened in derivational noun; (3) The learners’ weren’t familiar with the derivational morphology; (4) It needs well comprehension about using derivational morphology in writing especially writing English narrative composition; (5) The changing in derivational morphology should be learnt well not only to the EFL but also to the learners who want to write well.