Materi Ajar Bahasa Inggris (belajar dari kesalahan ucap dan tulis)

         Belajar, belajar dan terus belajar itulah kunci untuk sukses dalam bahasaInggris. Berikut ini Maskatno giri menulis ulang yang ku copas dari english indo.com, sebagai pembelajarn bahasa Inggris. Materi ini untuk kepentingan pe mbelajaran diri dan para siswa tercinta. Belajar dari kesalahan yang telah kita buat uuntuk menuju yang lebih baik, itulah prinsipku.    

        Salah satu referensi yang  sering digunakan dalam belajar grammer bahasa Inggris  adalah dari buku karangan Michael Swan yang berjudul Practical English Usage edisi ketiga. Judul yang ditawarkan Swan yaitu “Even very advanced students can make mistakes – nobody’s perfect! Here are 25” jika diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia menjadi “Bahkan Mahasiswa yang sangat mahir pun bisa melakukan kesalahan – tidak ada manusia yang sempurna! Ini dia 25 Kesalahan Mereka”. Mengadaptasi judul tersebut, saya member judul posting ini menjadi “25 Kesalahan Bahasa Inggris Mahasiswa Pintar!!” seperti yang diungkap Swan, Check these out!!!

No	Jangan katakan/tulis	Katakan/tulis
1	No doubt the world is getting warmer	There is no doubt the world is getting warmer
2	I can’t think of anybody whom to invite	I can’t think of anybody to invite
3	My father, whom we hope will be out of hospital soon, …..	My father, who we hope will be out of hospital soon, ….
4	Would you follow me wherever I would go?	Would you follow me wherever I went?
5	We all have to live in the society	We all have to live in society
6	The number of the unemployed is going up	The number of unemployed is going up
7	She was showing tiredness signs	She was showing signs of tiredness
8	She works the hardest when she’s working for her family	She works hardest when she’s working for her family
9	I’m thankful for your help	I’m grateful for your help
10	We talked about if it was ready	We talked about whether it was ready
11	What live in those little holes?	What lives in those little holes?
12	Some people are interested, but the majority doesn’t care	Some people are interested, but the majority don’t care
13	It mustn’t be the postman at the door. It’s only 7 o’clock	It can’t be the postman at the door. It’s only 7 o’clock
14	A third of the students is from abroad	A third of the students are from abroad
15	Except Angie, everybody was there	Except for Angie, everybody was there
16	I wish you felt/would feel better tomorrow	I hope you feel better tomorrow
17	The train must be late, as it happened yesterday	The train must be late as happened yesterday
18	When I wrote my letters, I did some gardening	When I had written my letters, I did some gardening
19	When I had opened the door, the children ran in	When I opened the door, the children ran in
20	Stefan can never return back to his country	Stefan can never return to his country/go back to his country
21	Will you go and see me when I’m in hospital?	Will you come and see me when I’m in hospital?
22	May you go camping this summer?	Do you think you’ll go camping this summer?
23	My cousin works for the NATO	My cousin works for NATO
24	My wife will be angry unless I’m home by 7.00	My wife will be angry if I’m not home by 7.00
25	We were poured water on	We had water poured on us. (Water was poured on us)

        Memang tidak ada yang sempurna, bahkan mahasiswa ataupun dosen sekalipun memiliki banyak kesalahan. Semoga dengan merenungi kesalahan-kesalahan diatas, kita bisa terus waspada dalam mempelajari Bahasa Inggris dan semoga saja kesalahan-kesalahan yang sering kita lakukan dapat membuat kita semakin serius dalam meningkatkan kemampuan Bahasa Inggris yang kita miliki.