Errors committed by EFL Iraqi University students in using prepositions

Abstract EN

The present paper deals with the errors committed by EFL university students when using prepositions.

The researcher arrives at such results as : (I) The types of the errors committed in the study are : interference, similarity in meaning, overgeneralization, incomplete applications of rules, and ignorance of rules restrictions.

(II) Avoidance strategy is highly committed at production level than that at recognition level.

The study comprises four sections: introduction which gives some idea about the study, prepositions which represent the theoretical material of the investigation, the test which describes the practical material of the study(the test lies in two levels, i.e., recognition and production), and finally conclusions which list the results arrived at.