Writing errors committed by second year students in English department, arts college at Elmergib University
Author
al-Tumi, Abd al-Salam Hamid Umar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 18 (31 Mar. 2019), pp.777-793, 17 p.
Publisher
Elmergib University Faculty of Arts
Publication Date
2019-03-31
Country of Publication
Libya
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
English Language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
This study is conducted to investigate the common errors in English writing committed by English Language students who study at Elmergib University in Alkhoms.
The participants are in the second year.
They were 20 female students.
The research method used in the present study was a test conducted for the participants to write a paragraph.
The data were gathered and analyzed and all errors were categorized into different categorization.
The findings of the current study revealed that the participants committed several errors such as spelling, wrong use of prepositions, using singular and plural forms errors.
The most frequent error type is improper use of punctuation, while the least frequent error type is a wrong word order.
Lack of English writing practice, negative interference, overgeneralization and the difference between the mother tongue and the target language are the main causes of these errors.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Tumi, Abd al-Salam Hamid Umar. 2019. Writing errors committed by second year students in English department, arts college at Elmergib University. Journal of Human Sciences،Vol. 2019, no. 18, pp.777-793.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1225902
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Tumi, Abd al-Salam Hamid Umar. Writing errors committed by second year students in English department, arts college at Elmergib University. Journal of Human Sciences No. 18 (Mar. 2019), pp.777-793.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1225902
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Tumi, Abd al-Salam Hamid Umar. Writing errors committed by second year students in English department, arts college at Elmergib University. Journal of Human Sciences. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 18, pp.777-793.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1225902
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 791-793
Record ID
BIM-1225902