Yolanda, Dwi Novi. 2019. The Grammatical Errors Made by English Department Students Batch 2016 at Lambung Mangkurat Universityin Describing People. Sarjana’s Thesis. English Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Hj. Noor Eka Chandra, M.Pd. The second advisor: Emma Rosana .F, M.Pd.

 Key Words: Grammatical Errors, Speaking, Describing People

This study aimed to find out the type of the grammatical errors made by English Department Students Batch 2016 at Lambung Mangkurat University in describing people orally. This was descriptive qualitative study. The population of this study was 78 students of Intermediate speaking classes. The sampling technique was cluster sampling technique.The sample was the students of Intermediate Speaking class A2. The instrument was oral test, and the researcher used test-retest method when collected the data. The test was conducted three times in the time range about a week. The findings of this study were classified based on types of Corder’s error classification. The types of errors that made by the students when described the people were error of omission such as omission of suffix –s, have/has, and auxiliary. Errors of selection are selection error of auxiliary, pronoun, and tense. Error of ordering was the ordering error of some adjectives. Therefore, it is suggested that for the lecturer to give treatment or practice to the students towards their grammatical errors in describing people. It is because the English Department students are prospective English teachers. They have to speak grammatically correct. If they give the wrong example, it will be imitated by their students. Besides that, the English Department students should read more English grammar book and practice their knowledge to improve their skill in speaking.