The use of English back-formation Process by Babylon university learners : errors analysis
Other Title(s)
استخدام (النحت) من قبل طلبة جامعة بابل الدارسين للغة الإنكليزية لغة أجنبية : تحليل الأخطاء
Joint Authors
Kazim, Rawa Jawad
al-Jabburi, Sabihah Hamzah Dahham
Source
Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 35 (31 Oct. 2017), pp.684-696, 13 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Basic Education
Publication Date
2017-10-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
- Universities
- Higher education
- Teaching methods
- Students
- Teaching
- Iraq
- Twenty-first century
- English language
- University of Babylon
Abstract EN
The present study is an attempt to identify the errors made by Iraqi EFL learners in the Department of English / College of Basic Education, University of Babylon in using backformation.
This study aims at :(1)Presenting a brief and relevant background of back-formation, (2) Identifying and classifying the errors made by the fourth year students in the English Department, College of Basic Education/ University of Babylon during the academic year (2015-2016), and (3) Locating the areas of difficulty that Iraqi EFL learners encountered in learning categories of backformation.
To achieve the goals mentioned above, the study hypothesizes :( 1) Iraqi EFL learners are unable to identify properly back-formation.
This is due to the nature of English system which is different from Arabic system, (2) Such learners are unable to use back-formation properly in communication.
Errors have been pointed and results have been analyzed statistically.
The analysis gives the following results: (1)Iraqi EFL university learners at the fourth year face difficulty in mastering back-formation .This is indicated by their low performance in the main test as the rate of their correct responses (775,38.75%) is lower significantly than that of their in correct ones-(1225,61.25)(2)The subjects performance in the test has also revealed that EFL university learners encounter more difficulties in using back-formation at the production level that at the recognition one .
Errors have been pointed and results have been analyzed statistically.
The analysis gives the following results: (1)Iraqi EFL university learners at the fourth year face difficulty in mastering back-formation .This is indicated by their low performance in the main test as the rate of their correct responses (775,38.75%) is lower significantly than that of their in correct ones (1225,61.25)(2)The subjects performance in the test has also revealed that EFL university learners encounter more difficulties in using back-formation at the production level that at the recognition one .
This is due to the face that the total number and the percentage of the correct response at the production level (337,33,7%) are lower than those of correct responses at the recognition level (438,43.8 %).
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Jabburi, Sabihah Hamzah Dahham& Kazim, Rawa Jawad. 2017. The use of English back-formation Process by Babylon university learners : errors analysis. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences،Vol. 2017, no. 35, pp.684-696.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Jabburi, Sabihah Hamzah Dahham& Kazim, Rawa Jawad. The use of English back-formation Process by Babylon university learners : errors analysis. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences No. 35 (Oct. 2017), pp.684-696.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795438
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Jabburi, Sabihah Hamzah Dahham& Kazim, Rawa Jawad. The use of English back-formation Process by Babylon university learners : errors analysis. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 35, pp.684-696.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795438
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 696
Record ID
BIM-795438