1. 5 STEPS OF CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS
An Example on Analysis (1)

2. STEP 1 SELECTION No. English Idioms Indonesian Translations 1
Every day I tell myself not to look, and every day I look. I can’t help myself, …
Setiap hari kukatakan kepada diri sendiri untuk tidak memandang, tapi setiap hari aku memandang. Aku tak kuasa… 2
… the train starting to pick up pace as suburbia melts into grimy North London, …
… kereta mulai menambah kecepatan ketika pinggiran kota membaur menjadi London Utara yang kumuh, …

3. STEP 2 DESCRIPTION No. English Idioms Indonesian Translations 1
Can’t help
Tak kuasa
Verb CAN’T + verb HELP
Negator TAK + adjective KUASA 2
Pick up pace
Menambah kecepatan
Verb PICK UP + noun PACE
Verb MENAMBAH + noun KECEPATAN

4. STEP 3 COMPARISON (1) 1 Can’t help Tak kuasa
No.
English Idioms
Indonesian Translations 1
Can’t help
Tak kuasa
Meaning: to not be able to control or stop something
Similarities
(1) Both English and Indonesian are phrases.
Differences
English is idiomatic, Indonesian is non-idiomatic.
English employs a verb phrase, Indonesian employs an adjective phrase.

5. STEP 3 COMPARISON (2) 2 Pick up pace Menambah kecepatan
No.
English Idioms
Indonesian Translations 2
Pick up pace
Menambah kecepatan
Meaning: to increase tempo
Similarities
(1) Both English and Indonesian are verb phrases.
Differences
(1) English is idiomatic, Indonesian is non-idiomatic.

6. STEP 4 PREDICTION
No.
Similarities
Differences 1
Some verbal idiomatic expressions in English are similar to Indonesian translations.
All idiomatic expressions in English are translated into non-idiomatic expressions in Indonesian. 2
Some Indonesian translations from the English verbal expressions are adjective phrases.

7. STEP 5 VERIFICATION
No.
Predicted Learning Problems 1
Although the translated English idiomatic expressions in Indonesian are not idiomatic expressions, the learners may make mistakes by translating the phrase can’t help into *tidak bisa menolong, or the phrase pick up pace into *mengambil pergerakan, either one of which is unacceptable. 2
With different kinds of phrases for idiomatic expressions, the learners may make mistakes when translating the English verb phrase can’t help into the Indonesian verb phrase *tidak bisa menolong, just to maintain the similar phrase, which is then unacceptable. [1