An analysis of the errors made in writing by Iraqi learners of English
Alwan, Ali
An analysis of the errors made in writing by Iraqi learners of English Ali Alwan; Supervisor: Behbud Muhammedzade - Nicosia Cyprus International University 2014 - VIII, 94 p. table 30.5 cm CD
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CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Presentation 1 Background of the Study 1 General Poblems 3 The Rationale of the Study 5 The Aims of the Study 6 Statements of the Problem 6 Research questions 7 Limitations 7 Assumptions 7 Definition of Terms 8 Significance of the Study 9 Scope of the Study 10 Organization of the Thesis 10 CHAPTER TWO 12 LITERATURE REVIEW 12 Presentation Analysis 12 Contrastive Analysis 12 Purpose of contrastive analysis 14 Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis 15 Error Analysis 15 Development of Error Analysis 18 The İmportance of Learners' Errors 19 The Critism of Error Analysis 21 Procedure for Error Analsysis 23 Problems in Error Analysis 24 The Concept of Interlanguage 25 The Birth of Interlanguage 26 General Principle of Interlanguage 27 The Interlanguage Theory 27 Error Analysis and Interlanguage 28 Types of Errors 29 Source of Errors 30 Error Taxonomies 34 Errors Based on Linquistics Category 34 Surface Strategy Taxonomy 34 Comparative Taxonomy 36 Communicative Effect Taxonomy 37 CHAPTER THREE 39 METHODOLOGY 39 Presentation 39 Research Design 39 Participants 40 Collective of Data 40 Identification and Classification of Errors 41 Error of morphology 41 Syntactic Errors 49 Interlingual Errors 49 CHAPTER FOUR 50 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 50 Presentation 50 Discussion of Results 50 Classification of Errors into Error Types 50 Morphological Errors 51 Syntactic Errors 53 Lexical errors 54 Analyzing the Errors According To Their Sources 55 Error Frequencies 64 CHAPTER FIVE 66 CONCLUSION 66 Presentation 66 Summary of Findings 66 Reccomendations For Teachers and Some Suggestions 67 Conclusion 68 Reccomendations For Further Studies 69 BIBLIOGRAPHY 71
'Abstract This study examines the common errors made in written output by İraqi learners of english language and suggests some solutions to help students recover and overcome them. All the students come from a non English speaking background and hardly communicate in english outside the school. The study was carried out at preparatory schools in Dewaniah governorate, İraq. One hundred essays collected from three schools were analysies in relation to the theory of error analysis, and the comparison of the total number of Interlingual and Intralingual erroes are given a place in this study. The study also aims to fiınd out answers to the following research questions: 1- What types of errors do İraqi learners of English make frequently in their written output and their sources? 2- Is the frequncy of Interlingual errors higher than Intralingual errors? The results of the study show the following most common errors made by Iraqi students. They were singular and plural form of the verb tenses, part of speeches, perposition, subject verb agreements, and word orders. These aspect of writing in English pose the most difficult problems to participants. Essays were written by the student of preparatory schools in dewaniah governorate, Iraq. The results of this study will help student internalize the rules of the target language and facilitat their learning process. It will also help teachers since it provides information on commom troubles encountered in language learning process which can be used in the preparation of effective teaching materials. Keywords: Error Analysis, Contrative analysis, Inter-limgual, Intra-lingual, student written materials output.'
Hata analizi
Error analysis
Kontrast analizi
Contrastive analysis
An analysis of the errors made in writing by Iraqi learners of English Ali Alwan; Supervisor: Behbud Muhammedzade - Nicosia Cyprus International University 2014 - VIII, 94 p. table 30.5 cm CD
Includes CD
CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Presentation 1 Background of the Study 1 General Poblems 3 The Rationale of the Study 5 The Aims of the Study 6 Statements of the Problem 6 Research questions 7 Limitations 7 Assumptions 7 Definition of Terms 8 Significance of the Study 9 Scope of the Study 10 Organization of the Thesis 10 CHAPTER TWO 12 LITERATURE REVIEW 12 Presentation Analysis 12 Contrastive Analysis 12 Purpose of contrastive analysis 14 Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis 15 Error Analysis 15 Development of Error Analysis 18 The İmportance of Learners' Errors 19 The Critism of Error Analysis 21 Procedure for Error Analsysis 23 Problems in Error Analysis 24 The Concept of Interlanguage 25 The Birth of Interlanguage 26 General Principle of Interlanguage 27 The Interlanguage Theory 27 Error Analysis and Interlanguage 28 Types of Errors 29 Source of Errors 30 Error Taxonomies 34 Errors Based on Linquistics Category 34 Surface Strategy Taxonomy 34 Comparative Taxonomy 36 Communicative Effect Taxonomy 37 CHAPTER THREE 39 METHODOLOGY 39 Presentation 39 Research Design 39 Participants 40 Collective of Data 40 Identification and Classification of Errors 41 Error of morphology 41 Syntactic Errors 49 Interlingual Errors 49 CHAPTER FOUR 50 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 50 Presentation 50 Discussion of Results 50 Classification of Errors into Error Types 50 Morphological Errors 51 Syntactic Errors 53 Lexical errors 54 Analyzing the Errors According To Their Sources 55 Error Frequencies 64 CHAPTER FIVE 66 CONCLUSION 66 Presentation 66 Summary of Findings 66 Reccomendations For Teachers and Some Suggestions 67 Conclusion 68 Reccomendations For Further Studies 69 BIBLIOGRAPHY 71
'Abstract This study examines the common errors made in written output by İraqi learners of english language and suggests some solutions to help students recover and overcome them. All the students come from a non English speaking background and hardly communicate in english outside the school. The study was carried out at preparatory schools in Dewaniah governorate, İraq. One hundred essays collected from three schools were analysies in relation to the theory of error analysis, and the comparison of the total number of Interlingual and Intralingual erroes are given a place in this study. The study also aims to fiınd out answers to the following research questions: 1- What types of errors do İraqi learners of English make frequently in their written output and their sources? 2- Is the frequncy of Interlingual errors higher than Intralingual errors? The results of the study show the following most common errors made by Iraqi students. They were singular and plural form of the verb tenses, part of speeches, perposition, subject verb agreements, and word orders. These aspect of writing in English pose the most difficult problems to participants. Essays were written by the student of preparatory schools in dewaniah governorate, Iraq. The results of this study will help student internalize the rules of the target language and facilitat their learning process. It will also help teachers since it provides information on commom troubles encountered in language learning process which can be used in the preparation of effective teaching materials. Keywords: Error Analysis, Contrative analysis, Inter-limgual, Intra-lingual, student written materials output.'
Hata analizi
Error analysis
Kontrast analizi
Contrastive analysis